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samizdat

samizdat

English

Paryska kultura (Parisian Culture), a Polish samizdat from the 1980s

Noun

samizdat (plural samizdats)

  1. (uncountable, often attributive) The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications.
  2. (countable) A samizdat publication.

Usage notes

Often italicized as a foreign term not fully naturalized.

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Related terms

  • samizdatchik

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Portuguese

Noun

samizdat m (plural samizdats)

  1. (uncountable) samizdat (underground publishing in the Soviet Union)
  2. samizdat (a samizdat publication)