rootless cosmopolitan
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of Russian безро́дный космополи́т (bezródnyj kosmopolít).
Noun
[edit]rootless cosmopolitan (plural rootless cosmopolitans)
- (euphemistic, derogatory) Jew, particularly in the context of the antisemitic Soviet Union campaign of 1948-1953.