"refusenik" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪˈfjuːznɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹəˈfjuznɪk/ [General-American], /ɹi-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-refusenik.wav Forms: refuseniks [plural]
enPR: rəfyo͞oz'nĭk [General-American], rē- [General-American] Rhymes: -uːznɪk Etymology: From refuse + -nik (suffix denoting a nickname for a person who endorses, exemplifies, or is associated with something, often a particular ideology or preference), a calque of Russian отка́зник (otkáznik), from отка́з (otkáz, “denial, refusal, rejection, repudiation”) + -ник (-nik, suffix forming masculine nouns, usually denoting adherents, etc.). Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|historical}} sense 1, {{root|en|ine-pro|*wert-|*bʰewd-}}, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{suffix|en|refuse|nik|pos2=suffix denoting a nickname for a person who endorses, exemplifies, or is associated with something, often a particular ideology or preference}} refuse + -nik (suffix denoting a nickname for a person who endorses, exemplifies, or is associated with something, often a particular ideology or preference), {{calque|en|ru|отка́зник|nocap=1}} calque of Russian отка́зник (otkáznik), {{glossary|masculine}} masculine, {{glossary|noun}} noun Head templates: {{en-noun}} refusenik (plural refuseniks)
  1. (Soviet Union, historical, slang) One of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate (typically but not exclusively a Jewish citizen denied permission to emigrate to Israel). Tags: historical, slang Categories (topical): People Categories (place): Soviet Union Synonyms: otkaznik Translations (one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate): refusenik (Afrikaans), رافض (Arabic), refusenik (Catalan), refusenik (Czech), refusnik (Finnish), refuznik [masculine] (French), Refusenik (German), Otkasnik (German), מסורב עֲלִיָּה (Hebrew), refusenik (Hungarian), о́дбивач (ódbivač) [masculine] (Macedonian), refusenik [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), refusnic [masculine] (Occitan), refusenik [masculine] (Portuguese), отка́зник (otkáznik) [masculine] (Russian), отка́зница (otkáznica) [feminine] (Russian), refusenik (Spanish), refyuznik (Spanish), רעפֿיוזניק (refyuznik) [masculine] (Yiddish), אַסיר ציון (asir Tsien) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-refusenik-en-noun-en:historical Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -nik, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nik: 70 30 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate': 95 5
  2. (by extension, informal) A person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest; for example, one who refuses conscription or vaccination. Tags: broadly, informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: recusant Hyponyms: anti-vaccinationist, conscientious objector Translations (person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest): kieltäytyjä (Finnish), refuznik [masculine] (French), Verweigerer [masculine] (German), Verweigerin [feminine] (German), αρνητής (arnitís) [masculine] (Greek), αρνήτρια (arnítria) [feminine] (Greek), о́дбивач (ódbivač) [masculine] (Macedonian), отка́зник (otkáznik) [masculine] (Russian), отка́зница (otkáznica) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-refusenik-en-noun-o3RFthDI Disambiguation of People: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: refusnik

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Richard Ellmann once referred to Samuel Beckett as “Nayman from Noland”—the author as national refusenik. Beckett famously refused to allow a national representative from either Ireland or France to pick up his Nobel Prize, sending his publisher instead […]",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
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          "ref": "1990 December 14, “Remember the Refuseniks?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
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          "text": "Richard Ellmann once referred to Samuel Beckett as “Nayman from Noland”—the author as national refusenik. Beckett famously refused to allow a national representative from either Ireland or France to pick up his Nobel Prize, sending his publisher instead […]",
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          "ref": "2008, Sergio Catignani, Israeli Counter-Insurgency and the Intifadas: Dilemmas of a Conventional Army, Routledge, →ISBN, page 94:",
          "text": "One IDF refusenik recounted how commanders on the field tried very hard to accommodate potential conscientious objectors by offering alternative and less controversial missions, in order to avoid their refusal to serve from becoming a public, and thus, political statement: […]",
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          "ref": "2021 February 26, “What life is like in countries where Covid-19 vaccination is increasingly a success”, in CNN:",
          "text": "Authorities are offering incentives to those slow to accept the needle. In Tel Aviv, this has meant one bar offering a 'shot for a shot.' In Bnei-Barak, a bowl of stew has been offered to get the Ultra-Orthodox refuseniks over their reservations.",
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        "(by extension, informal) A person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest; for example, one who refuses conscription or vaccination."
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          "word": "recusant"
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      "ipa": "/ɹəˈfjuznɪk/",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "refusenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "رافض"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "refusenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "refusenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "refusnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "refuznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "Refusenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "Otkasnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "מסורב עֲלִיָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "refusenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ódbivač",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́дбивач"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "refusenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "refusnic"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "refusenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkáznik",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отка́зник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkáznica",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отка́зница"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "refusenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "word": "refyuznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "refyuznik",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "רעפֿיוזניק"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "asir Tsien",
      "sense": "one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אַסיר ציון"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "word": "kieltäytyjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "refuznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verweigerer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verweigerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arnitís",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αρνητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "arnítria",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αρνήτρια"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ódbivač",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́дбивач"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkáznik",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отка́зник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otkáznica",
      "sense": "person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "отка́зница"
    }
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    "Ida Nudel"
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}

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