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with Anu Gargsamizdat
PRONUNCIATION:
(SAH-miz-daht)
MEANING:
noun:
An underground publishing system used to print and circulate banned
literature clandestinely. Also, such literature.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Russian samizdat, from samo- (self) + izdatelstvo (publishing house),
from izdat (to publish). Coined facetiously on the model of Gosizdat (State
Publishing House).
USAGE:
"This remarkable little book (People Power Uli!) includes jokes,
text messages, cartoons, and poems of the revolt. It is both funny
and a valuable record of samizdat literature and Philippine popular
culture."Alastair Dingwall; Estrada's Fall From Grace; Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong); Jan 17, 2002. See more usage examples of samizdat in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Thank everyone who calls out your faults, your anger, your impatience, your egotism; do this consciously, voluntarily. -Jean Toomer, poet and novelist (1894-1967)
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