adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to cosmopolites; cosmopolitan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
cosmopolite
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Oriented, exposed to or open to ideas and influences outside one's own social system or group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communication, communications
Examples
- 2008, Jennifer L. Sumner, Healthcare Communication Networks: The Dissemination of Employee Information for Hospital Security, Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida, Orlando, published by ProQuest LLC, Section 3.3, p. 42, https://books.google.ca/books?id=d4qyF7zlXokC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Early adopters tend to be better educated, enjoy higher social status, occupy positions in organizations of greater size and resources, consume higher levels of information from mass media communications, and are more cosmopolite than their later adopting counterparts. An individual or organization that is more cosmopolite is one that seeks and receives higher levels of exposure and exchange with individuals and organizations outside of their specific social system.
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adj
Meaning 3
Distributed throughout the world; having a wide geographical distribution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Examples
- 1987, F. Infante, E. Ruiz de Clavijo, C. Galán and G. Gallego, "Occurrence of Alternaria Nees ex Fr. in indoor and outdoor habitats in Cordoba (Spain)" in G. Boehm and R.M. Leuschner (eds.), Advances in Aerobiology: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Aerobiology, August 6–9, 1986, Basel, Switzerland, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, p. 160, https://books.google.ca/books?id=3CHyBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Both species could be labelled as the most cosmopolite as they appear in 100% of the sampling spots, both indoors and outdoors.
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noun
Meaning 4
One who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world; a cosmopolitan person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: cosmopolitan, anywhere
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noun
Meaning 5
The butterfly painted lady (Vanessa cardui).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, dated
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noun
Meaning 6
A plant found more or less everywhere in the world.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cosmopolitan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sophisticate, man of the world
Narrower terms: globetrotter, world traveler
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolītēs, itself borrowed from Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs, “citizen of the world”), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُوَاطِن اَلْعَالَم (muwāṭin al-ʕālam) — cosmopolitan person
- Armenian: կոսմոպոլիտ (kosmopolit) — cosmopolitan person
- Armenian: աշխարհաքաղաքացի (ašxarhakʻaġakʻacʻi) — cosmopolitan person
- Bulgarian: космополит (kosmopolit) — cosmopolitan person
- Catalan: cosmopolita — cosmopolitan person
- Chinese Mandarin: 四海為家者 /四海为家者 (sìhǎiwéijiā zhe) — cosmopolitan person
- Chinese Mandarin: 世界公民 (shìjiè gōngmín) — cosmopolitan person
- Czech: světoobčan — cosmopolitan person
- Czech: kosmopolita — cosmopolitan person
- Danish: verdensborger — cosmopolitan person
- Danish: kosmopolit — cosmopolitan person
- Dutch: wereldburger — cosmopolitan person
- Dutch: kosmopoliet — cosmopolitan person
- Esperanto: kosmopolito — cosmopolitan person
- Finnish: maailmankansalainen — cosmopolitan person
- Finnish: kosmopoliitti — cosmopolitan person
- French: cosmopolite — cosmopolitan person
- Galician: cosmopolita — cosmopolitan person
- German: Weltbürger — cosmopolitan person
- German: Kosmopolit — cosmopolitan person
- Hungarian: kozmopolita — cosmopolitan person
- Hungarian: világpolgár — cosmopolitan person
- Japanese: 世界人 (sekaijin) — cosmopolitan person
- Japanese: 国際人 (kokusaijin) — cosmopolitan person
- Macedonian: космополи́т (kosmopolít) — cosmopolitan person
- Macedonian: космополи́тка (kosmopolítka) — cosmopolitan person
- Polish: kosmopolita — cosmopolitan person
- Portuguese: cosmopolita — cosmopolitan person
- Portuguese: cosmopolitano — cosmopolitan person
- Russian: космополи́т (kosmopolít) — cosmopolitan person
- Spanish: cosmopolita — cosmopolitan person
- Ukrainian: космополіт (kosmopolit) — cosmopolitan person
- Ukrainian: космополітка (kosmopolitka) — cosmopolitan person