Otkaznik

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of refusenik. historical

    "[Kiril] Khenkin said in a talk in his apartment that he can’t speak for all the otkazniki, but that his case is “fairly typical” of Jews denied exit visas for what they consider arbitrary reasons."

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refusenik

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"[Kiril] Khenkin said in a talk in his apartment that he can’t speak for all the otkazniki, but that his case is “fairly typical” of Jews denied exit visas for what they consider arbitrary reasons."

Etymology

From Russian отка́зник (otkáznik).

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