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censorship

noun
/ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/UK/ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/US

Etymology

From censor + -ship.

  1. derived from *ḱens-✻ — “to announce, proclaim; to put in order”
  2. borrowed from cēnsor — “magistrate; critic”
  3. suffixed as censorship — “censor + ship”

Definitions

  1. The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as…

    The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.

    • […] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press."
    • The Infantes had contacts among left-wing groups that opposed the dictatorial regime in Spain and their visibility in these circles was a serious concern for the censorship authorities […]

  2. The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.

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Derived

anticensorship, corporate censorship, cosmic censorship, cosmic censorship hypothesis, cybercensorship, decensorship, noncensorship, precensorship, recensorship, self-censorship, semicensorship, uncensorship

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA