samizdat
Paryska kultura (Parisian Culture), a Polish samizdat from the 1980s
Meaning
Noun
- The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications.
- A samizdat publication.
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Origin
- Borrowed from Russian самизда́т ("self-publishing"), from сам + изда́т, an abbreviation of изда́тельство (compare Russian Госизда́т ("State Publisher")).
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