Definition of "samizdat" []

• The secret publication and distribution of government-banned literature in the former Soviet Union. (noun)
• The literature produced by this system. (noun)
• An underground press. (noun)

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• "But of more interest is Hurree's desription of his own, cherished edition of the poem: "For years, like most of my generation, I'd been reading Kolatkar's classic poem-cycle in samizdat form — some of us had copies that had been xeroxed so often that Kolatkar's words assumed ghostly form on the page, some had painstakingly typed (yes, typed, as in on a manual typewriter) copies of the book with corrections made in violet ink.""
• ""For years, it circulated in samizdat on college campuses," wrote Owen, who told me that his profile of Meyer itself circulated in samizdat for five years, until a new editor came across it."
• "I should also point out right away that the comparison of these new tech-savvy professional activists to the Soviet-era "samizdat" -- so beloved by many analysts of new media's impact on politics and society -- is not really accurate."