SAMIZDAT


Meaning of SAMIZDAT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsä-mēz-ˌdät ]

noun

Etymology: Russian, from sam- self- + izdat el'stvo publishing house

Date: 1967

: a system in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and countries within its orbit by which government-suppressed literature was clandestinely printed and distributed ; also : such literature

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.