单词 | citizen of the world |
释义 | > as lemmascitizen of the world citizen of the world n. [After classical Latin cīvis tōtīus mundī citizen of the whole world (Cicero De Legibus 1. 23. 61); compare Hellenistic Greek κοσμοπολίτης cosmopolite n. Compare Middle French, French citoyen du monde (1572 or earlier in sense ‘cosmopolitan’, 1583 or earlier in sense ‘worldly person’).] a person who is at home, or who claims rights, everywhere; a cosmopolitan; (now also) a person who is a (responsible) member of a global community. In early use also: a †worldly person (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] > cosmopolitanism > person citizen of the world1583 worldling1586 cosmopolite?c1622 cosmopolitan1642 citizen of nature1745 citizen1849 1583 A. Marten tr. P. M. Vermigli Common Places iv. xv. 274/1 When it was objected against a Philosopher that he should be banished, he answered that he was a Citizen of the world. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 70 If a Man be Gracious, and Curteous to Strangers, it shewes, he is a Citizen of the World. 1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters 135 He is a Cosmopolite a Citizen, of the world, and his Country is every where. 1762 O. Goldsmith (title) The citizen of the world; or, Letters from a Chinese philosopher, residing in London, to his friends in the East. 1799 W. Godwin St. Leon III. xi. 283 Yesterday I was a prisoner, crippled in every limb; to-day I was a citizen of the world, capable of all its delights. 1821 Ld. Byron Let. 12 Dec. (1979) IX. 78 I am a Citizen of the World—content where I am now—but able to find a country elsewhere. 1893 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 520 A good citizen—and by citizen I mean, of course, a citizen of the world—must be a man of large sympathies. 2011 E. Morozov Net Delusion ix. 247 The cyber-utopian belief that the Internet would turn us into uber-tolerant citizens of the world..had proved to be unfounded. < as lemmas |
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