Difference between revisions of "Cosmopolis"
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# having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing | # having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing | ||
# having wide international sophistication : worldly 3 : composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world 4 : found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions <a cosmopolitan herb> | # having wide international sophistication : worldly 3 : composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world 4 : found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions <a cosmopolitan herb> | ||
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Revision as of 04:30, 31 December 2007
cosmopolis
Editor's note: Most definitions of cosmopolis refer to what is effectively a large metropolis, and though there may be a handful of 'great' cities in this world, none even remotely qualify as a 'universe city'. Nevertheless, this does not preclude cultivating an appreciation for the history of this idea that is served well by Stephen Toulmin's book, Cosmopolis: The Hidden Agenda of Modernity ISBN 0226808386
Merriam-Webster
cos·mop·o·lis
Pronunciation
\käz-ˈmä-pə-ləs\
Function
noun
Etymology
New Latin, back-formation from cosmopolites
Date
1849
Definition
a cosmopolitan city
cosmopolitan
Function
adjective
Date
1798
Definition
- having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing
- having wide international sophistication : worldly 3 : composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world 4 : found in most parts of the world and under varied ecological conditions <a cosmopolitan herb>
compare: metropolitan
Function
adjective
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin metropolitanus of the see of a metropolitan, from metropolita, noun, metropolitan, from Late Greek mētropolitēs, from mētropolis see of a metropolitan, from Greek, capital
Date
15th century
Definition
- of or constituting a metropolitan or his see
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a metropolis and sometimes including its suburbs
- of, relating to, or constituting a mother country as distinguished from a colony