samizdat Syllabification: (sam·iz·dat)Pronunciation: /ˈsämizˌdät, səmyizˈdät/Definition of samizdat noun the clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, especially formerly in the communist countries of eastern Europe. Origin: 1960s: Russian, literally 'self-publishing house'samizdat in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of samizdat in the British & World English dictionary
