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Cosmopolitan

  1. adjective

    composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; - T.B. Macaulay

    “his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds”

  2. adjective

    of worldwide scope or applicability; ; - Christopher Morley

    “an issue of cosmopolitan import”

    Similar: ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide

  3. noun

    a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries

    Similar: cosmopolite

  4. adjective

    growing or occurring in many parts of the world

    “a cosmopolitan herb”

    Similar: widely distributed

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cosmopolitanism

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