verb
- to make cosmopolitan; to give a cosmopolitan character or outlook to a person, place, or culture
Usage: transitive verb; formal or academic usage
Examples
- Travel abroad helped cosmopolitanize her perspective on world affairs.
- The city's diverse immigrant communities have cosmopolitanized its cultural landscape.
- Universities aim to cosmopolitanize their curricula by including global perspectives.
- Living in a major metropolitan area tends to cosmopolitanize one's tastes and values.
- The influx of international businesses has cosmopolitanized the once-rural town.