cosmopolitanism

English

Etymology

From cosmopolitan ‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑzməˈpɑlɪtənɪzm̩/

Noun

cosmopolitanism (countable and uncountable, plural cosmopolitanisms)

1. The idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community.

   Antonyms: tribalism, nativism

   • 2013 November 25, Caroline Ferguson, “What kind of global citizens are teachers creating?”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2014 October, Gustavo Lins Ribeiro, “World anthropologies. Anthropological cosmopolitanisms and cosmopolitics.”, in Annual Review of Anthropology, volume 43:

     To present the world anthropologies project (WA), this article explores the existence of three kinds of anthropological cosmopolitanisms and cosmopolitics: imperial, liberal, and radical.

2. The quality of being cosmopolitan.

   Synonym: cosmopolitanness

Related terms

• cosmopolitanist

Translations

idea that all humanity belongs to a single community

• Armenian: կոսմոպոլիտիզմ (hy) (kosmopolitizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界主義／世界主义 (zh) (shìjiè zhǔyì)

• Czech: světoobčanství n, kosmopolitismus m
• Finnish: kosmopolitanismi
• French: cosmopolitisme (fr) m
• German: Kosmopolitismus m
• Japanese: コスモポリタニズム (ja) (kosumoporitanizumu)
• Manx: yl-çheeraghys m
• Russian: космополити́зм (ru) m (kosmopolitízm)
• Ukrainian: космополіти́зм m (kosmopolitýzm)