cosmopolitanism

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cosmopolitanism

/ˌkɑzməˈpɑlɪtənɪzm̩/

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From cosmopolitan + -ism. The sense referring obliquely to Jewishness comes from the long era in which all Jews lived in the Jewish diaspora because Jews had been banished from the ancient Jewish homeland and no new homeland yet existed. In Soviet use it was rooted in fear of transnationalism generally but took on coded or dogwhistle antisemitic qualities that were not explicitly separable from the generality.

noun cosmopolitanisms

countable, uncountable The idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community. The philosophy of cosmopolitanism underlies theories of global citizenship. Cosmopolitanism is the ability to balance a local and global identity. A cosmopolitan individual engages meaningfully with different cultures and feels at home in the world.
Similar: cosmopolitanness · Opposite: tribalism, nativism
countable, sometimes, uncountable Transnationalism.
Similar: cosmopolitanness
countable, euphemistic, sometimes, uncountable Jewishness. rootless cosmopolitanism
Similar: cosmopolitanness

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noun idea that all humanity belongs to a single community

Español	cosmopolitismo
日本語	コスモポリタニズム kosumoporitanizumu
中文	世界主義 /世界主义 shìjiè zhǔyì
Français	cosmopolitisme
Deutsch	Kosmopolitismus, Weltbürgertum
Русский	космополити́зм kosmopolitízm
العربية	الْمُوَاطَنَة الْعَالَمِيَّة

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@misc{cosmopolitanism_2026,
  title = {cosmopolitanism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cosmopolitanism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}