ecumenopolitan

== English == === Alternative forms === œcumenopolitan (rare) === Etymology === From ecumenopolis +‎ -ity +‎ -an. First reliably attested in 1974: either, as from Ecumenopolitan, or a generalised use thereof, parallel with the development of ecumenopolis. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ĕkyo͞o'mĕnōpŏʹlĭtən, IPA(key): /ɛˌkjuːmɛnəʊˈpɒlɪtən/ Homophone: Ecumenopolitan === Adjective === ecumenopolitan (not comparable) Of or conducive to the development, befitting the scale, or characteristic of an ecumenopolis or ecumenopoleis. 1971: The Mastery of Urban Growth: Report of the International Colloquium, Brussels, 2–4 December 1969, page 47 (Mens en ruimte, M. plus R international) […] “ecumenopolitan” formations. 1987: J. F. Brotchie, Peter Geoffrey Hall, and Peter Wesley Newton [eds.], The Spatial Impact of Technological Change, pages 413⁽¹⁾ and 414⁽²⁾ (Croom Helm; →ISBN, 9780709950066) ⁽¹⁾ For the mid 1980s I estimate that at least one million adults belong to the ecumenopolitan stratum; several times as many are in the educational stream with ambitions to join them. ⁽²⁾ Iranians were graduated from North American universities with motivations that are virtually indistinguishable from their classmates, but their command of Asian languages and their entrepreneurship generates a backflow of ecumenopolitan commitments to Asia. 2007: Baleshwar Thakur, George Pomeroy, Chris Cusack, and Sudhir K Thakur [eds.], City, Society, and Planning, volume 1: “City”, page 16 (Concept Publishing Company; →ISBN The prospective urban implies, therefore, ecumenopolitan order. === Noun === ecumenopolitan (plural ecumenopolitans) An inhabitant of an ecumenopolis, especially one actively involved in its political arena. 1987: J. F. Brotchie, Peter Geoffrey Hall, and Peter Wesley Newton [eds.], The Spatial Impact of Technological Change, pages 419⁽¹⁾ and 420⁽²⁾ (Croom Helm; →ISBN, 9780709950066) ⁽¹⁾ A large share of the ecumenopolitans may not take the trouble to operate their own vehicles. ⁽²⁾ The automata and the ecumenopolitans are inherently symbiotic, but the new breed will be specialists who are virtually bionic. === Related terms ===