underground press
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- noun
- /ˈʌndərˌɡraʊnd prɛs/
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prensa clandestina
- During the regime's censorship, writers used the underground press to circulate their works anonymously.
Examples
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Many activists relied on the underground press to publish their dissenting views when mainstream media ignored them.
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The underground press played a crucial role in spreading ideas that challenged government policies.
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By that same token, I think that the underground press looked like it did because it was a reflection of a vibrant youth culture.
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Though it's not exclusive to youth culture, the Occupy movement shares a certain kinship with the underground press.
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Guernica: The underground press is historically significant for a lot of reasons, but one aspect that comes to mind is this idea of activist journalism.
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Of course, no discussion of American counterculture in the 1960s is complete without mentioning the role and influence of the underground press.
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Guernica: You were born in 1979, more than a decade after the formative years of America's underground press.
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Guernica: Do you think the freedom from having to appeal to a large, mainstream audience fueled those in the underground press to try new things with layout, design, and content?
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In essence, the underground press represented the freaks, a mandate lovingly embraced by the movement's founders.
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"The underground press was part of a vast and amorphous scene," Stewart writes in the book's introduction, "any attempt on my part to be comprehensive would have been folly."
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Synonyms
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A secret way people copy and share banned books, especially in the former Soviet Union
How Secret
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'underground' (clandestine/hidden) with 'press' (the media), so it straightforwardly denotes clandestine or dissident publishing. This composition follows common cross-linguistic patterns and would be inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Underground press comes from the image of forbidden newspapers secretly printed in basements, with underground meaning literally below the ground and press meaning printing. That's why it now means a 'secret' way to publish and share 'banned' or 'against the government' writing.