Refusenik (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Informal.
  1. a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
noun
  1. (formerly) a Jew in the Soviet Union who had been refused permission to emigrate
  2. a person who refuses to cooperate with a system or comply with a law because of a moral conviction
Refusenik (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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