cosmopolitanismn.
/kɒzməʊˈpɒlɪtənɪz(ə)m/ 1.
a. Cosmopolitan character; adherence to cosmopolitan principles.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] > cosmopolitanism
cosmopolitism1797
cosmopolitanism1828
1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 288 A certain attenuated cosmopolitanism had..taken place of the old insular home-feeling.
1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 374 In her vain striving after cosmopolitanism..he [Quinet] recognised the secret of Italy's decrepitude.
b. In Soviet usage, disparagement of Russian traditions and culture (equated with disloyalty).
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > disloyalty > [noun] > in Russia
cosmopolitanism1950
society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > [noun] > lack of patriotism > specific
un-Americanism1921
cosmopolitanism1950
1950 Ann. Reg. 1949 203 ‘Cosmopolitanism’ was stated to be a plot to undermine Soviet dramaturgy..by praise and imitation of ‘decadent bourgeois’ dramatic and literary productions.
1963 Listener 3 Jan. 4/1 In 1948, ‘cosmopolitanism’ was named the chief heresy of the communist world with the Jews its chief prophets.
2. Natural History. World-wide distribution.
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the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun]
cosmopolitanism1870
endemicity1886
endemism1886
bipolarity1896
radiation1898
zonation1898
frequency1913
provincialism1929
overdispersion1930
under-dispersion1935
provinciality1952
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life Introd. 113 A nearer approach made to cosmopolitanism than is usual amongst Insects.
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