Definitions for refusenik

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refusenik re·fuse·nik

Spelling: [ri-fyooz-nik]

IPA: /rɪˈfyuz nɪk/

Refusenik is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 333 anagrams from letters in refusenik (eefiknrsu).

Definitions for refusenik

noun

1. a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.

Origin of refusenik

1970-75; refuse¹ + -nik, perhaps translation of Russian otkáznik (unless the Russ word is itself a translation of refusenik)

Examples for refusenik

Sharansky, the famed Soviet refusenik, had left the Soviet Union for Israel in 1986.

You, dear reader and refusenik, will likely be called a cynic or a sad sack by friends.

And Netanyahu is the only one who will be able to confront these refusenik settlers.

I envy my refusenik friends their steadfast commitments to stay in, and contentment in doing so.