Samizdat Definition
(countable) A samizdat publication.
- underground press
Other Word Forms of Samizdat
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Origin of Samizdat
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Russian sam self 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 eghs in Indo-European roots) (dat' to give dō- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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1967, From Russian самиздат (samizdát, “self-publishing"), from сам (sam, “self") + издат (izdát), abbrev. of издательство (izdátel'stvo, “publishing house"). Compare Russian Госиздат (Gosizdát, “State Publisher").
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