refusenik
noun
re·fuse·nik
| \ ri-ˈfyüz-(ˌ)nik
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variants:
or less commonly refusnik
Definition of refusenik
Examples of refusenik in a Sentence
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Facebook’s ranking in the Apple App Store went up after #deletefacebook went viral, probably from refusenik poseurs reinstalling the app after deleting it. — Susan Crawford, WIRED, "Mark Zuckerberg Plays the Scapegoat for Our Facebook Sins," 17 Apr. 2018 Once upon a time, Melsor Katzenelenbogen was a celebrated Moscow poet and Soviet-Jewish refusenik. — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "'The Château': Florida condominium conflict satirizes Trump’s America," 9 Feb. 2018 What if everything had the humility of the technological refusenik, without giving up on the power of technology in the process? — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, "Why Computers Should Be Hidden," 25 Oct. 2017 The point was to highlight, with great pride, the various ways the Passover story has been culturally expropriated by everything from the American founding and the Civil War to the 1960s civil-rights marchers and the Russian refusenik movement. — Lou Weiss, WSJ, "Tubman Beats Jackson on the $20 Bill," 6 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'refusenik.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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