rootless cosmopolitan

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of Russian безро́дный космополи́т (bezródnyj kosmopolít).

Noun[edit]

rootless cosmopolitan (plural rootless cosmopolitans)

  1. (euphemistic, derogatory) Jew, particularly in the context of the antisemitic Soviet Union campaign of 1948-1953.
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