Tamizdat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tamizdat is a noun meaning (historical) Writings published abroad and smuggled back into the former USSR.
Meaning
(historical) Writings published abroad and smuggled back into the former USSR.
Example Sentences
Foremost—and most controversial — of the Western groups engaged in tamizdat is the Posev‐Grani [organization], commonly known as N.T.S.
The fact that samizdat/tamizdat were written symbols of the human suffering in the Eastern bloc encouraged a less critical and often naive reading of the texts both then and now. Thus, we hope here to critically view some of the inherent dangers of samizdat/tamizdat publication, without diminishing its relevance as visualizations of human experience.
Word Forms
- tamizdats
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include samizdat, magnitizdat.
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