refusenik in Arabic
رَافِض rāfiḍ
/ɹɪˈfjuːznɪk/US/ɹəˈfjuznɪk/
refusenik in Arabic: رَافِض (rāfiḍ). In English, refusenik means 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 immigrate to Israel).
Arabic words for refusenik
- one of the citizens of the former Soviet Union who was refused permission to emigrate
- رَافِض rāfiḍ
English meaning of refusenik
- noun 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 immigrate to Israel).
- noun A person who refuses to do something, usually as a protest; for example, one who refuses conscription or vaccination.
refusenik in a sentence
- Near-synonyms: recusant, decliner, dissenter, objector, protester, defier, maverick, nonconformist, rebel, renegade
Synonyms of refusenik
refusenik in other languages
Questions about refusenik in Arabic
- What is the meaning of refusenik in Arabic?
- Refusenik in Arabic is رَافِض (rāfiḍ).
- ما معنى كلمة refusenik؟
- Refusenik: رَافِض (rāfiḍ).
- What does refusenik mean in English?
- Refusenik means 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 immigrate to Israel).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: refusenik (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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