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cosmopolitan
noun(cos-mo-pol-i-tan)
a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
Synonyms: cosmopolite,
cosmopolitan
adjective(cos-mo-pol-i-tan)
growing or occurring in many parts of the world
Synonyms: widely distributed,
Antonyms: endemic,
Examples:
A cosmopolitan herb.
Cosmopolitan in distribution.
cosmopolitan
adjective(cos-mo-pol-i-tan)
of worldwide scope or applicability
Synonyms: ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide,
Examples:
An issue of cosmopolitan import.
cosmopolitan
adjective(cos-mo-pol-i-tan)
composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
Antonyms: provincial,
Examples:
His cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds.
The ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt.
That queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks.

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