cosmopolitanism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the moral or political view that all human beings belong to a single community and have obligations to one another across national boundaries

   Her cosmopolitanism treated refugees and distant strangers as members of the same moral community.

2. 2
   noun

   openness to many cultures, or the internationally diverse and worldly character of a person, place, or society

   The port city's cosmopolitanism was visible in its multilingual schools, restaurants, and festivals.

Formed from cosmopolitan plus -ism. Cosmopolitan ultimately comes from Greek kosmopolites, 'citizen of the world,' from kosmos, 'world or ordered universe,' and polites, 'citizen.' The suffix marks a doctrine, outlook, or cultural condition.

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