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Cosmopolitism

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cos·mop·o·lite  (kz-mp-lt)
n.
1. A cosmopolitan person: a true cosmopolitea Renaissance man.
2. Ecology An organism found in most parts of the world.
3. See painted lady.

[Greek kosmopolts : kosmos, world + polts, citizen (from polis, city; see pel-3 in Indo-European roots).]

cos·mopo·litism (-l-tzm, -l-tz-) n.


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In April 1949, Morskoy sbornik published an editorial titled "Against the Reactionary Ideology of Cosmopolitism," marking a crackdown on the naval science.
 
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