Censorship

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  • noun. The act, process, or practice of censoring.
  • noun. The office or authority of a Roman censor.
  • noun. Prevention of disturbing or painful thoughts or feelings from reaching consciousness except in a disguised form.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The office or dignity of a censor; the time during which a censor holds his office.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The office or power of a censor.
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  • noun. The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
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  • noun. deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
  • noun. counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
    • Word Usage
    "This is underscored by the third use of “censorship” — that such “self-censorship” _grants legitimacy to censorship_."
    cross-reference
    censorship of the press  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blockade  bribery  bureaucracy  coercion  constraint  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abbreviation  abridgment  bamboo curtain  barrier of secrecy  blackout  
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