Definition of "cosmopolitan" []

• Pertinent or common to the whole world: an issue of cosmopolitan import. (adjective)
• 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. (adjective)
• So sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world or conversant with many spheres of interest: a cosmopolitan traveler. (adjective)
• Ecology Growing or occurring in many parts of the world; widely distributed. (adjective)
• A cosmopolitan person or organism; a cosmopolite. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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