rootless cosmopolitan

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian безро́дный космополи́т (bezródnyj kosmopolít).

Noun

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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