samizdat

sa·miz·dat  (sämz-dät, s-myz-dät)

n.

1.

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.

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[Russian : sam, self; see sem-¹ 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 d- in Indo-European roots).]

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samizdat

Noun

(in the former Soviet Union) a system of secret printing and distribution of banned literature [Russian]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

samizdat - a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature underground press print media - a medium that disseminates printed matter