censorship
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈsɛn.sər.ʃɪp/
:
censura
- Many activists are protesting against government censorship of the media.
- self-censorship
- government censorship
- media censorship
So if it's not censorship, what solves this problem?
- So if it's not censorship, what solves this problem?
- And we will now move from online censorship to the movies.
- How do you feel about censorship on big tech platforms?
- But I think that that censorship is very dangerous.
- We want bans and censorship to get our way.
- You've got censorship going on left, right and center.
- And fundamentally this self censorship that I'm seeing really rampant.
- That's all effective communism, the censorship of free speech.
- One is bias in reporting, one is censorship of information.
- And it also can short circuit self censorship mechanisms.
- I was protesting against the censorship, you know, even legal censorship.
- The slow descent into complete self censorship and a life lined with egg shells.
- So it's kind of like the revealing of all the censorship was being censored.
- What I have a problem with is censorship.
Examples
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How do you feel about censorship on big tech platforms?
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One is bias in reporting, one is censorship of information.
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What was the point of that censorship anyway?
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Therefore, the mark of censorship is actually still on this book.
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And we will now move from online censorship to the movies.
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But I think that that censorship is very dangerous.
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And if we keep going with censorship, what could happen to society?
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My, my question to you is this, how much censorship and how much slowing down?
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Three days after the announcement, on January 21, 1977, press censorship was lifted.
Academic text (2017) -
Mr Cannan has been working on the committee to fight government censorship.
Synonyms
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7.2
Stopping a book or article from being published
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6.9
Stopping parts of speech or writing that people find offensive
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9.9
Removing or changing parts of a text that people find offensive to make it acceptable for more readers
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8.9
Removing parts of a book or play to make it less offensive
Removing parts of a book or film that people find offensive
Banning books and art because people think they are immoral or offensive
Compounds
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6.1
People in the military check and stop news or messages to protect operations
- Formal
Official checking and blocking of civilian letters and films by the military during war
The reading and blocking of letters and messages sent to or from soldiers by military leaders
- Formal
Military officers check journalists' reports in war zones to keep information secret
- Literature
Government control of information and messages that enter or leave the country
- Specialized
Military checking and limiting of letters and messages sent to and from captured soldiers
- Jargon
Military officers check soldiers' personal letters and messages for secret information
- Formal
The military examines and controls personal letters and calls of soldiers or civilian staff
How Restrictive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Censorship comes from the Roman job censor, from a root meaning 'to judge' or 'to check'. A censor used to decide what was proper, so censorship today is the practice of judging and removing parts of books, films, or news that those in power find 'harmful' or 'offensive'.