refusenik (English, noun)
expansion: refusenik (plural refuseniks or refuseniki)
Senses:
related: word: refusednik
tags: alternative
word: refusnik
tags: alternative
qualifier: Soviet Union
glosses: 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
related: word: refusnik
tags: alternative
glosses: A person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest; for example, one who refuses conscription or vaccination.
tags: broadly
informal
Forms:
form: refuseniks
tags: plural
form: refuseniki
tags: plural