Definition of "cosmopolitism" []

• The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices. (noun)

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• "I think expecting school children to understand "thoughtful, rational consideration of whether support or criticism is appropriate in any given instance" or "thoughtful, sophisticated cosmopolitism" in elementary school is, after all, asking a lot."
• "Perhaps it does more good than bad and we'd be worse off living without patriotism/nationalism, but I think we should be honest about why they are useful--and its not to foster thoughtful, sophisticated cosmopolitism."
• "Dotted with quaint architecture of 12th and 13th century Romanesque and Gothic design, the hills of Vienne department, France, cradle the crystal-clear and drowsy-moving waters of the Gartempe, a river, which in its course winds through the town of Montmorillon, where four thousand French peasantry, on August 7th, received their first lesson in American cosmopolitism."