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anticensorship

anticensorship

1 6.4
Against stopping or limiting what people can say
  • adjective
  • /ˌæn.tiˈsɛn.sər.ʃɪp/
: anticensura
  • The group launched an anticensorship campaign to protect freedom of the press.

Examples

  • Many artists support anticensorship efforts to defend creative expression.

  • The publication's anticensorship stance was evident in its refusal to bow to government pressure.

  • The new law was praised by anticensorship advocates around the world.

  • Stop anticensorship!

  • The anticensorship movement gained momentum last year.

  • The activists organized an anticensorship rally to raise awareness about their cause.

  • Many scholars advocate for anticensorship measures to ensure that diverse viewpoints are heard.

Antonyms

censorship
93 4.8

A system that removes parts of books, films or news that people find harmful

How Censorious

repressive
32 7.0
censorious
  • Formal
2 9.3
anticensorship
1 6.4
open
∞ 1.0
tolerant
71 3.2

Surface Forms

anticensorship positive

Morphology

anticensorship = censorship (transparent) = anti + censor + ship

The meaning is directly compositional: 'anti-' expresses opposition to censorship.

Etymology

Anticensorship combines anti- ('against') and censorship ('cutting out parts of books, films, or speech'), like the simple word censor. So, as an adjective, anticensorship describes people or actions that stand against hiding or removing information.