rootless cosmopolitan

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian безро́дный космополи́т (bezródnyj kosmopolít).

Noun

rootless cosmopolitan (plural rootless cosmopolitans)

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