Phrase guide

rootless cosmopolitan

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A Jew, particularly in the context of the antisemitic campaign in the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1953.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, euphemistic

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History

Etymology

Calque of Russian безро́дный космополи́т (bezródnyj kosmopolít).