SAMIZDAT

samizdat, underground press

(noun) a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

samizdat (countable and uncountable, plural samizdats)

(uncountable, often, attributive) The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications. [from 1950s.]

(countable) A samizdat publication.

Usage notes

Often italicized as a foreign term not fully naturalized.

Synonyms

• samvydav

• zine

Source: Wiktionary



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