COSMOPOLITAN


Meaning of COSMOPOLITAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kɒzməpɒlɪtən ]

1.

A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries and cultures.

London has always been a cosmopolitan city.

≠ parochial

ADJ [ approval ]

2.

Someone who is cosmopolitan has had a lot of contact with people and things from many different countries and as a result is very open to different ideas and ways of doing things.

The family are rich, and extremely sophisticated and cosmopolitan.

≠ parochial

ADJ [ approval ]

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