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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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