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Cosmopolitan World International Sophistication Experience Made Persons Elements

word cosmopolitan
definition (1) Having international sophistication and experience. (2) Made up of persons, elements, or influences from many different parts of the world.
eg_sentence New York, like most cosmopolitan cities, offers a wonderful array of restaurants featuring foods from around the world.
explanation Since cosmopolitan includes the root polit-, from the Greek word for “citizen”, someone who is cosmopolitan is a “citizen of the world.” She may be able to read the morning paper in Rio de Janeiro, attend a lecture in Madrid, and assist at a refugee camp in Uganda with equal ease—and maybe all in the same week. And a city or a country that is cosmopolitan has aspects and elements that come from various countries
IPA ˌkɑzməˈpɑlətən

Tags: mwvb::unit:9, mwvb::unit:9:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki

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