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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessamizdat
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /sam.iz.dat/
"Le samizdat était un moyen vital pour propager des idées libres."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The clandestine publication and distribution of literature banned by an oppressive government, typically in the former Soviet Union.
"Dissidents secretly typed and passed around samizdat manuscripts to bypass state censorship." - 2
Literature produced and distributed in this clandestine manner.
"Libraries now preserve rare copies of political samizdat from the 1970s."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed into English in the mid-20th century from Russian, derived from the components 'sam' (self) and 'izdat' (short for izdatel'stvo, meaning publishing house). Originally coined in the Soviet Union to describe the clandestine copying and distribution of government-suppressed literature.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Samizdat" is said worldwide
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samizdat
Transliteration: /sam.iz.dat/
"Le samizdat était un moyen vital pour propager des idées libres."
Samisdat
Transliteration: /ˈzaːmɪzdat/
"Viele regimekritische Schriften wurden als Samisdat verbreitet."
samizdat
Transliteration: /saˈmizdat/
"Il samizdat rappresentava la voce dell'opposizione clandestina."
samizdat
Transliteration: /sa.misˈðat/
"El samizdat permitió la difusión de textos prohibidos."
samizdat
Transliteration: /sɐ.mizˈdat/
"O samizdat circulava de forma clandestina entre os intelectuais."
समइज़्दात
Transliteration: samizdaat
"सोवियत संघ में प्रतिबंधित साहित्य समइज़्दात के माध्यम से फैलाया जाता था।"
萨米兹达特
Transliteration: sà mǐ zī dá tè
"地下出版物萨米兹达特在苏联时期传播了禁书。"
사미즈다트
Transliteration: samijeudateu
"사미즈다트는 구소련 시절 검열에 저항하는 지하 출판물이었다."
サミズダート
Transliteration: samizudāto
"サミズダートはソ連における非公式な地下出版物であった。"
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