cosmopolite

Example Sentences

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“My father was killed in Russia. The war turned me into a cosmopolite and opponent of all nationalisms and all politics while just a schoolboy.”

From Washington Post

The last year, however, has thrown even cosmopolites back on small areas and local attachments.

From Washington Post

It favored rural Germans and targeted supposed forces of modernity: liberal media members, Jews, cosmopolites.

From Washington Post

In one scene, the function of food as a status symbol for globe-trotting cosmopolites becomes clear.

From New York Times

That vaudevillian public disdain for East Coast intellectuals, Ivy League blue bloods, cosmopolites — all of it started with Nixon.

From New York Times