to censor
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5.2
- verb
- /ˈsɛn.sɚ/
:
censurar
- Many countries try to censor content that they consider politically sensitive or harmful.
- censor the media
- censor the news
- government censors
So it's not that we need to censor the things we don't like.
- So it's not that we need to censor the things we don't like.
- Again, I'm I'm not asking Facebook to censor the piece of fake news.
- It's not like we're trying to censor the Internet.
- How do you get the social media companies to censor dissent?
- Our government was paying to censor the jokes of Americans on Twitter.
- Because Google and these other social platforms like YouTube are censoring Jordan Peterson.
- But the fact is, is what the PMRC was trying to do was censor content at its root.
- They were trying to center, they were trying to censor song lyrics.
- But it also allows her to censor the things that her daughter is seeing.
- It is easy to explain for people who censor that the government doesn't censor you.
- So they're very clumsy in writing laws that censor that technology in interesting ways.
- And when you're getting that criticism, that's when you censor yourself and it's the death of creativity.
- And because of that, I've been blackballed, blackmailed, blacklisted, censored, everything.
- It's according to Jay Weiner that his movies could never be edited or censored again.
- Don't censor one political party, don't slit censor certain politicians, don't censor certain ideologies.
- Why do these people want to censor us?
Examples
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Today, China, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and other countries block Facebook operations and censor the Internet.
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But it also allows her to censor the things that her daughter is seeing.
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And so we, we always censor what we what we show.
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Like, what good is success if you have to censor yourself, right?
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We stay quiet, we hold back, we censor ourselves.
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It's not like we're trying to censor the Internet.
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Yes, I have to censor letters.
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Because I do think the desire to censor has a lot to do with fear.
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How do you get the social media companies to censor dissent?
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I can't censor myself when I'm in the moment.
Synonyms
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4.9
Remove or change words people find offensive to make something more acceptable
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6.1
To hide information so people cannot see it
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9.6
Change parts of a book, play or text to remove words people find offensive
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9.9
Remove or change parts of a work because they may upset people
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
To censor comes from the Roman official censor, who 'counted' people and 'checked' public behaviour, and it shares the root with census, 'a count of people'. So to censor something today is to check it and cut out parts that are seen as wrong or offensive.