English dictionary · adjective

cosmopolitan

familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures

Meaning and definitions

1. familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures

Connected roots

• cosm-

  order, world, universe

• polis

  city, state

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• politics

  the activities associated with the governance of a country or area

• metropolis

  the chief or capital city of a country or region

• cosmology

  the science of the origin and development of the universe

• microcosm

  Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.

• acropolis

  A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.

• cosmonaut

  An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.

• necropolis

  A cemetery; especially a large one in or near a city.

• megalopolis

  A large conurbation, where two or more large cities have sprawled outward to meet, forming something larger than a normal metropolis.

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