cosmopolite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏz.mŏpʹə.līt'
ipa: /kɑzˈmɑpəˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: more cosmopolite
form: most cosmopolite
Etymology: Borrowed from French cosmopolite, from Latin cosmopolītēs, itself borrowed from Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs, “citizen of the world”), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”).
Senses: examples: text: International necessities are rapidly breaking down old prejudices and conservatisms, while developing cosmopolite feeling.
ref: 1921, Lafcadio Hearn, Karma and Other Stories and Essays, London: George G. Harrap & Co, page 166:
text: The cosmopolite glitter of the Ballets Russes enjoyed considerable compass—a transoceanic range that quickly credentialed both the composer and the choreographer.
ref: 2002, Charles M. Joseph, Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention, Yale University Press, page 34:
glosses: Of or relating to cosmopolites; cosmopolitan.
examples: text: There was no middle course for Richard's comrades between high friendship or absolute slavery. He was deficient in those cosmopolite habits and feelings which enable boys and men to hold together without caring much for each other; and, like every insulated mortal, he attributed the deficiency, of which he was quite aware, to the fact of his possessing a superior nature.
ref: 1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
text: 2008, Jennifer L. Sumner, Healthcare Communication Networks: The Dissemination of Employee Information for Hospital Security, Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida, Orlando, published by ProQuest LLC, Section 3.3, p. 42, https://books.google.ca/books?id=d4qyF7zlXokC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Early adopters tend to be better educated, enjoy higher social status, occupy positions in organizations of greater size and resources, consume higher levels of information from mass media communications, and are more cosmopolite than their later adopting counterparts. An individual or organization that is more cosmopolite is one that seeks and receives higher levels of exposure and exchange with individuals and organizations outside of their specific social system.
topics: communication
communications
glosses: Oriented, exposed to or open to ideas and influences outside one's own social system or group.
examples: text: If, however, we consider the Australian dingo as a native animal, we might class the genus Canis as cosmopolite, but the wild dogs of South America are now formed into separate genera by some naturalists.
ref: 1881, Alfred Russell Wallace, Island Life, or, the Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, Including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates, New York: Harper & Brothers, Part I, Chapter II, p. 25:
text: 1987, F. Infante, E. Ruiz de Clavijo, C. Galán and G. Gallego, "Occurrence of Alternaria Nees ex Fr. in indoor and outdoor habitats in Cordoba (Spain)" in G. Boehm and R.M. Leuschner (eds.), Advances in Aerobiology: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Aerobiology, August 6–9, 1986, Basel, Switzerland, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, p. 160, https://books.google.ca/books?id=3CHyBwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Both species could be labelled as the most cosmopolite as they appear in 100% of the sampling spots, both indoors and outdoors.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Distributed throughout the world; having a wide geographical distribution.
Related terms: cosmopolitan
Cosmopolites