refusenik

refusenik
/ri fyoohz"nik/, n. Informal.
a Soviet citizen, usually Jewish, who was denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union.
Also, refusnik.
[1970-75; REFUSE + -NIK, perh. trans. of Russ otkáznik (unless the Russ word is itself a trans. of refusenik)]

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