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censorship

[ sen-ser-ship ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act or practice of censoring.
the office or power of a censor.
the time during which a censor holds office.
the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor.

censorship

/ ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp /

noun

a policy or programme of censoring
the act or system of censoring
psychoanal the activity of the mind in regulating impulses, etc, from the unconscious so that they are modified before reaching the conscious mind

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Other Word Forms

anti·censor·ship adjective
pre·censor·ship noun
pro·censor·ship adjective
self-censor·ship noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of censorship¹

First recorded in 1585–95; censor + -ship

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Example Sentences

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Senior Advocacy Officer Madeleine Stone says they can pose a risk to users, "including security breaches, privacy intrusion, errors, digital exclusion and censorship".

From BBC

The company also announced in January that it was rolling back content moderation policies that Republicans said had amounted to censorship.

From BBC

"This act was not just a diplomatic affront. This wasn't about security. It was about control and censorship," the MP for Sheffield Central added.

From BBC

“This is not about curriculum transparency, it’s about censorship, plain and simple,” Salinas told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

She repeats a claim that the company developed an app that would facilitate censorship in China.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

censorious censurable

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