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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
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • t·sǰ·󾱱 adjective
  • ·sǰ·󾱱 noun
  • ·sǰ·󾱱 adjective
  • -sǰ·󾱱 noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of censorship1

First recorded in 1585–95; censor + -ship
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"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.

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

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

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This is his secret communication about life under a repressive regime, a message in a bottle about censorship and the slippery power of art.

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Although its seven articles have been amended and interpreted in different ways throughout the years, they still guide today's literary custodians, with the foremost being to stand against censorship.

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