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samizdat definition

sam·iz·dat (säm′iz dät)

noun

  1. a system by which manuscripts denied official publication in the Soviet Union were circulated clandestinely in typescript or in mimeograph form, or were smuggled out for publication abroad
  2. manuscripts distributed in this way

Etymology: Russ, lit., self-published < samo-, self (for IE base see same) + izdat', to publish < iz-, from, out of + dat', to give (see dacha)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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