ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən kɑzˈmɑ.pəˌlaɪt ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl ˈd͡ʒɛnɹəl ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsl̩ ˌjunɪˈvɝsl̩ ˈwɜːldwaɪd ˈwɝldˌwaɪd of worldwide scope or applicability an issue of cosmopolitan import the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time universal experience composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks growing or occurring in many parts of the world a cosmopolitan herb cosmopolitan in distribution a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries