censorship

[ sen-ser-ship ]

noun

1. the act or practice of censoring.
2. the office or power of a censor.
3. the time during which a censor holds office.
4. the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor.

censorship

/ ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp /

noun

1. a policy or programme of censoring
2. the act or system of censoring
3. psychoanal the activity of the mind in regulating impulses, etc, from the unconscious so that they are modified before reaching the conscious mind

Other Words From

• anti·censor·ship adjective
• pre·censor·ship noun
• pro·censor·ship adjective
• self-censor·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of censorship¹

First recorded in 1585–95; censor + -ship

Example Sentences

Carr has attacked what he sees as the censorship of conservative viewpoints by top social media firms other than X, a site owned by his ally and fellow Trump backer, Elon Musk.

From BBC

“This system will inevitably result in the censorship of wide swaths of valuable political speech and commentary,” the lawsuit states.

From Los Angeles Times

“For internet and culture regulators, they don’t know how to moderate this type of content either…. Sometimes they experiment with these censorship rules themselves.”

From Los Angeles Times

The order was challenged by civil rights groups as an unprecedented effort at censorship before Biden reversed the order after taking office in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times

The documents were published in European newspapers, allegedly to circumvent military censorship laws in Israel.

From BBC

Related Words

• ban
• blackout
• restriction
• suppression