samizdat

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (attributive, often, uncountable) The secret copying and sharing of illegal publications, chiefly in the Soviet Union; underground publishing and its publications.
  2. (countable) A samizdat publication.

Vertalings

samizdat

samizdat

λογοτεχνία

φιλολογία

κείμενα

έντυπο υλικό

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈsæmɪzdæt/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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”)).

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