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rootless cosmopolitan
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English
Etymology
Calque of Russian безро́дный космополи́т (bezródnyj kosmopolít).
Noun
rootless cosmopolitan (plural rootless cosmopolitans)
- (euphemistic, derogatory) A Jew, particularly in the context of the antisemitic campaign in the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1953.
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