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samizdat
- /ˈsæmɪzdæt/ UK
- /səmɪzˈdæt/ UK
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Borrowed from Russian самизда́т (samizdát, “self-publishing”), from сам (sam, “self”) + изда́т (izdát), an abbreviation of изда́тельство (izdátelʹstvo, “publishing house, publishing”) (compare Russian Госизда́т (Gosizdát, “State Publisher”)).
noun samizdats · samizdaty
- The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications. [page 1] In a general sense any copy of a document which has been produced in the Soviet Union outside the chain of state publishing houses may be referred to as samizdat. […] [page 3] This term is modeled on the shortened form—gosizdat—of State Publishing House (Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo). […] A
- A samizdat publication. In Poland, some samizdats are different: they are professionally produced and are sold for money. But the money that these Polish consumers pay for these illegal samizdats is not dissipated in the domain of individual or corporate profits, nor does it help support the government and its publishing m
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Talk about this word "samizdat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/samizdat. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. samizdat. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/samizdat "samizdat." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/samizdat.Cite this
@misc{samizdat_2026,
title = {samizdat},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/samizdat},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
