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refusenik

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re⋅fuse⋅nik

  [ri-fyooz-nik]
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–noun Informal.
a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
Also, re⋅fus⋅nik.

Origin:
1970–75; refuse + -nik, perh. trans. of Russ otkáznik (unless the Russ word is itself a trans. of refusenik)
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re·fuse·nik   (rĭ-fyōōz'nĭk)   
n.  A Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, denied permission to emigrate.
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