citizens of the world
Humanity without borders
Citizens of the world are people who identify with humanity as a whole rather than any single nation.
The phrase emphasizes shared human concerns over national boundaries: As citizens of the world, we must address climate change together.
Someone who travels widely or feels at home anywhere might call themselves a citizen of the world.
The term carries cosmopolitan, idealistic overtones.
- cosmopolitanismBelief in shared humanity
- universalismDoctrine of total reconciliation
- globalizationWorldwide economic and cultural integration
- global villageInterconnected modern world
- open bordersUnregulated international passage
multiculturalism · international law · humanism · empathy · diplomacy · human rights · tolerance · transnationalism · cultural exchange · migration · melting pot · diversity · interconnectedness · language learning · borderless · inclusivity · common humanity · civic engagement
citizens of the worldnationalists
Advocates for homeland interests
ultranationalists · nativists · jingoists · patriots · tribalists
citizens of the worldxenophobes
Those fearing outsiders
exclusionists · racists · chauvinists · supremacists · separatists
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