cosmopolitanism
/ˌkɑzməˈpɑlɪtənɪzm̩/noun
cosmopolitanism is spelled C-O-S-M-O-P-O-L-I-T-A-N-I-S-M: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cosmopolitanism means “The idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cosmopolitanism is cosmopolitanisms.
How many letters and syllables are in cosmopolitanism?
| Letters | 15: C-O-S-M-O-P-O-L-I-T-A-N-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 6 million words; the 75,877th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cosmopolitanism?
Cosmopolitanism appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cosmopolitanism?
- /ˌkɑzməˈpɑlɪtənɪzm̩/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-cosmopolitanism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cosmopolitanism
- cosmopolitanisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cosmopolitanism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The idea that all of humanity belongs to a single moral community.
- 2
Transnationalism.
- 3
Jewishness.
rootless cosmopolitanism
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cosmopolitanism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense idea that all humanity belongs to a single community:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cosmopolitisme |
| German | Kosmopolitismus, Weltbürgertum |
| Spanish | cosmopolitismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cosmopolitanism come from?
From cosmopolitan + -ism. The sense referring obliquely to Jewishness comes from the long era in which all Jews lived in the Jewish diaspora because Jews had been banished from the ancient Jewish homeland and no new homeland yet existed. In Soviet use it was rooted in fear of transnationalism generally but took on coded or dogwhistle antisemitic qualities that were not explicitly separable from the generality.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).