Cosmocrats

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

  1. A member of a ruling elite that believes in a universal community and global governance; someone who advocates for policies that transcend national boundaries and prioritize the collective good; a person involved in decision-making at an international level who promotes interconnectedness among people and nations
  2. An individual who supports a political system that focuses on the welfare of humanity as a whole rather than individual nations; someone engaged in shaping global policies that reflect cosmopolitan ideals; a thinker who emphasizes the significance of global citizenship and responsibility in governance
  3. A proponent of a political ideology advocating for a world governed by a collective political framework; an activist committed to fostering international understanding and cooperation; a leader who promotes a vision of democracy that encompasses all humanity beyond local or national contexts

Etymology: The word's most striking feature is that its earliest sense was sinister. In the New Testament letter to the Ephesians (6:12), the phrase "rulers of the darkness of this world" translates Greek "kosmokratores," and the cosmocrats were cast as demonic powers ruling the present age. A plural noun naming spiritual forces of evil is a long way from the modern political sense. The Greek "kosmokratōr" is built from "kosmos," meaning "world" or "order of the universe," and "kratōr," meaning "ruler," from the verb "kratein," to rule or hold power. Later writers used the word as a near equivalent of "cosmocrator," a title for a sovereign of the world, and it appears in various ancient texts with that meaning, often applied to God or to a supreme ruler. The modern political sense, a proponent of world governance or of democracy that extends to all humanity, grows out of the same compound. The English word thus keeps both its ancient cosmic scope and its ruling sense, though the idea of who should hold that rule has been turned from demons to citizens.

Synonyms: globalists, internationalists, world citizens, transnationalists, universalists

Antonyms: nationalists, isolationists, localists, particularists, patriots