1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal. In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. Sir W. Hamilton.
2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world. The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. R. Owen.
COSMOPOLITANISM
Cos`mo*pol"i*tan*ism (kz`m-pl"-tan-z'm), n.
Defn: The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism.
COSMOPOLITE
Cos*mop"o*lite (-mp"-lt), a. & n.
Defn: See Cosmopolitan.
COSMOPOLITICAL
Cos`mo*po*lit"ic*al (kz`m-p-lt"-kal), a.
Defn: Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.
COSMOPOLITISM
Cos*mop"o*li*tism (kz-mp"-l-tz'm), n.
Defn: The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.