Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act, process, or practice of censoring.
- noun The office or authority of a Roman censor.
- noun Psychology Prevention of disturbing or painful thoughts or feelings from reaching consciousness except in a disguised form.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or dignity of a censor; the time during which a censor holds his office.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office or power of a censor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
- noun counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is underscored by the third use of “censorship” — that such “self-censorship” _grants legitimacy to censorship_.
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This is underscored by the third use of “censorship” — that such “self-censorship” _grants legitimacy to censorship_.
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I like your idea that censorship is intended to enforce one dominant idea and that seems to apply to what some might call ‘positive censorship’, as well as the very wicked kind of censorship from the other side.
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But the nature of censorship is much broader, and in this case we see censorship from a large entity (that abuses its dominant position) against a small one.
Global Voices in English » Argentina: Clarín Media Group Forces Removal of Videos 2009
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While Kremlin censorship is generally effective, there are some reasons to hope its effects may weaken.
Truth in the Time of Putinism Robert Orttung And Christopher Walker 2010
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But to call it censorship is to confuse terminology.
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Stanley Fish, self-appointed academic ombudsman of free speech, quibbles about the use of the term censorship, not understanding, or not wishing to understand, that if fear results in the silencing of speech -- a fear sired by the threat of direct force, or of a costly, ruinous lawsuit -- that is as much censorship as the employment of force itself.
The Rule of Reason 2010
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The term censorship is often misapplied; it is the prior restraint of speech by the government.
Sound Politics 2009
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The term censorship derives from censor, the title of the Roman official who conducted the census and supervised public morality.
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The term censorship derives from censor, the title of the Roman official who conducted the census and supervised public morality.
gangerh commented on the word censorship
Freedom of suppression.
Thank you Graham Burgess.
February 16, 2008
seanahan commented on the word censorship
Censorship, evil, or greatest evil?
April 3, 2008
yarb commented on the word censorship
I'm loving the tag on this one.
April 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word censorship
I think that was uselessness. Check out the other words tagged the same way.
:-)
April 3, 2008
nuxiy commented on the word censorship
Gestapo goes amok in Germany
March 27, 2009