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sa·miz·dat

(sä′mĭz-dät′, sə-myĭz-dät′)

a. The secret publication and distribution of government-banned literature in the former Soviet Union.

b. The literature produced by this system.

2. An underground press.

[Russian : sam, self; see sem- in Indo-European roots + izdatel'stvo, publishing house (from izdat', to publish, on the model of Gosizdat, State Publishing House : iz, from, out of; see eghs in Indo-European roots + dat', to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots).]

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samizdat

(Russian səmizˈdat)

(in the former Soviet Union) n

(Journalism & Publishing)

a. a system of clandestine printing and distribution of banned or dissident literature

b. (as modifier): a samizdat publication.

[C20: from Russian, literally: self-published]

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sam•iz•dat

(ˈsɑ mɪzˌdɑt)

n.

1. (formerly) a clandestine publishing system in a communist country by which forbidden or unpublishable literature was reproduced and circulated privately.

2. a work or periodical circulated by this system.

[1965–70; < Russian samizdát=sam(o)- self- + izdát(el'stvo) publishing agency]

samizdat

A Russian word meaning self-published, used to describe texts that are published clandestinely.

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samizdat - a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature

underground press

print media - a medium that disseminates printed matter

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samizdat

[səmizˈdat] N → samizdat m

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