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secondary censorship

secondary censorship

9.7
The military examines and controls personal letters and calls of soldiers or civilian staff
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛkəndɛri ˈsɛnʃərʃɪp/
  • Formal
translation icon : censura secundaria
  • All letters sent by the soldiers underwent secondary censorship to ensure sensitive information was not disclosed.

Examples

  • The military imposed secondary censorship to monitor communications of civilian employees stationed overseas.

  • During wartime, secondary censorship was applied to personal phone calls made by enlisted personnel.

  • The military implemented secondary censorship on all communications.

  • Is secondary censorship really necessary for security?

  • All letters sent by the soldiers underwent secondary censorship to ensure sensitive information was not disclosed.

  • During wartime, secondary censorship was applied to personal phone calls made by enlisted personnel.

  • The military imposed secondary censorship to monitor communications of civilian employees stationed overseas.

Synonyms

military censorship
vssecondary censorship
1 6.1

People in the military check and stop news or messages to protect operations

is narrower and applies only to personnel message review when no primary review exists
armed forces censorship
vssecondary censorship
8.6

The reading and blocking of letters and messages sent to or from soldiers by military leaders

focuses only on reviewing personnel messages when those people lack primary review

Antonyms

primary censorship
  • Jargon
9.1

Military officers check soldiers' personal letters and messages for secret information

Surface Forms

secondary censorship singular
secondary censorships plural

Morphology

secondary + censorship

The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: 'secondary' (not primary) modifying 'censorship' (prohibition/control of information), so its meaning as a form of censorship that is secondary or additional is directly derivable from the parts. Although the term can have a specific technical sense in military/legal contexts, the compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would be able to infer the basic meaning.

Etymology

Secondary censorship creates a simple picture: censorship is like a guard who checks or cuts messages, and secondary means a second guard after the main one. One popular image is official news stopped at the first gate while private letters are checked at the second, so secondary censorship means 'extra checking of personal messages' when they are not covered by the main control.