cosmopolitanism

/ˌkɑzməˈpɑlɪtənɪzm̩/

Etymology

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.

cosmopolitanism means The quality of being cosmopolitan.; The idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.

Why this word is great

COSMOPOLITANISM — [Noun] The ideology or condition of considering all human beings as members of a single, global community, transcending national or local attachments. From cosmopolitan (from Greek kosmos, "world, universe" + politēs, "citizen") + the suffix -ism, denoting a system or principle. Unlike nationalism, which draws its borders in blood and soil, or parochialism, which shrinks the horizon to the familiar spire of a village church, cosmopolitanism is a deliberate expansion of the moral imagination. It is the polyglot murmur in a grand hotel lobby, the shared, silent awe before a Giotto fresco, and the universal language of a parent's worry over a feverish brow—a quiet faith that the accident of birthplace is the least interesting thing about a person.

noun

The quality of being cosmopolitan.; 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.”
The quality of being cosmopolitan.; Transnationalism.
The quality of being cosmopolitan.; Transnationalism.; Jewishness.“rootless cosmopolitanism”