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cosmopolitan definition
cosmopolitan |
Grep of noun cosmopolitan cosmopolitan Overview of noun cosmopolitan The noun cosmopolitan has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. cosmopolitan, cosmopolite -- (a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries) Overview of adj cosmopolitan The adj cosmopolitan has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. cosmopolitan, widely distributed -- ((ecology) growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution") 2. cosmopolitan -- (composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks") 3. cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide -- (of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience") Antonyms of adj cosmopolitan 3 senses of cosmopolitan Sense 1 cosmopolitan (vs. endemic), widely distributed endemic (vs. cosmopolitan) Sense 2 cosmopolitan (vs. provincial) provincial (vs. cosmopolitan) => bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated => insular, parochial => jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky => stay-at-home(postnominal) => corn-fed Sense 3 cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide INDIRECT (VIA comprehensive) -> noncomprehensive, incomprehensive Similarity of adj cosmopolitan 3 senses of cosmopolitan Sense 1 cosmopolitan (vs. endemic), widely distributed Sense 2 cosmopolitan (vs. provincial) => sophisticated, urbane => traveled, travelled Sense 3 cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide => comprehensive (vs. noncomprehensive) Attributes of adj cosmopolitan Familiarity of adj cosmopolitan cosmopolitan used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj cosmopolitan cosmopolitan Overview of noun cosmopolitan The noun cosmopolitan has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. cosmopolitan, cosmopolite -- (a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries) Overview of adj cosmopolitan The adj cosmopolitan has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. cosmopolitan, widely distributed -- ((ecology) growing or occurring in many parts of the world; "a cosmopolitan herb"; "cosmopolitan in distribution") 2. cosmopolitan -- (composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks") 3. cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide -- (of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience")
cosmopolitan definition
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