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cosmopolite

[koz-mop-uh-lahyt] / kɒzˈmɒp əˌlaɪt /


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The cosmopolite respects and appreciates difference, while acknowledging that “no local loyalty can ever justify forgetting that each human being has responsibilities to every other.”

From Slate • Sep. 14, 2018

In an era when university art departments, like museums, tended to be divided into fiefs, each controlled by a specialist, Mr. Rosand, a genuine cosmopolite, walked a broad terrain.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2014

Ataturk moved the capital from cosmopolite Constantinople to raw Ankara and changed Constantinople's name to Istanbul.

From Time Magazine Archive

A curious cosmopolite could learn a lot from last week's ninth Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria.

From Time Magazine Archive

The cosmopolite approached them at a hurried pace, and apparently in much excitement.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George




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