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censorship

[sen-ser-ship]

noun

  1. the act or practice of censoring.

  2. the office or power of a censor.

  3. the time during which a censor holds office.

  4. the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor.



censorship

/ ˈɛԲəˌʃɪ /

noun

  1. a policy or programme of censoring

  2. the act or system of censoring

  3. psychoanal the activity of the mind in regulating impulses, etc, from the unconscious so that they are modified before reaching the conscious mind

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • anticensorship adjective
  • precensorship noun
  • procensorship adjective
  • self-censorship noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of censorship1

First recorded in 1585–95; censor + -ship
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State Department, additionally, is soliciting all communications between government offices and disinformation researchers for evidence of censorship.

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They argue the legislation is actually a censorship bill, replete with union-busting measures and a vague maze of anti-DEI stipulations that stymie students’ access to social support, financial resources and needed accommodations.

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“He will continue to fight against censorship while evaluating all federal spending to identify waste, fraud, and abuse.”

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Will our colleges and universities increase censorship and surveillance of international students?

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I think the only form of censorship, as an audience, is your right not to listen.

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