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cosmopolitanism

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cos·mo·pol·i·tan  (kzm-pl-tn)
adj.
1. Pertinent or common to the whole world: an issue of cosmopolitan import.
2. Having constituent elements from all over the world or from many different parts of the world: the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt.
3. So sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world or conversant with many spheres of interest: a cosmopolitan traveler.
4. Ecology Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
n.
A cosmopolitan person or organism; a cosmopolite.
cosmo·poli·tan·ism n.
cosmopolitanism
the opinions and behavior emerging from the theory that cultural and artistic activities should have neither national nor parochial boundaries. — cosmopolitan, n., adj.
See also: Attitudes
the tolerance of or sympathy for noncommunist ideas and institutions, used as a charge against Soviet intellectuals.
See also: Communism


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Under cosmopolitanism, if it comes, we shall receive no help from the earth.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
It was strange, since he considered patriotism no more than a prejudice, and, flattering himself on his cosmopolitanism, he had looked upon England as a place of exile.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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