Meanings
nounradizdat (countable and uncountable, plural radizdats)
plural radizdats
- countableuncountableThe broadcasting of samizdat by radio.
“Why not?” say Western pragmatists. “If Moscow finances so much of Communist propaganda the world over, why shouldn't Washington aid at least tamizdat and radizdat, if not samizdat directly?”
1970 March 15, Albert Parry, “Samizdat Is Russia' Underground Press”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2019
Origin
Borrowed from Russian.
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radizdat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radizdat
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“radizdat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radizdat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “radizdat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/radizdat.
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