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censorshipcen‧sor‧ship /ˈsensəʃɪp $ -ər-/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]   - Angry journalists accused the government of censorship of free speech.
- Any films that are shown here have to pass government censorship.
- Many community leaders have called for censorship of the Internet.
- But this lack of censorship, self or otherwise, should be celebrated for the hard-won battle that it is.
- De jure censorship is an unquestioned evil in itself.
- It is for this reason that totalitarian governments, and even quasi-totalitarian governments, employ censorship.
- Newspapers had been muzzled by wartime censorship.
- Partial censorship will become complete censorship.
- Smith attended Oxford, where he complained about poor teaching and academic censorship.
- The law dominated the field, but it did not operate through the simple mechanisms of censorship and repression.
- Yet while some regulations are equivalent to censorship, others are not.
to forbid books, films etc► ban to forbid a book, film, play etc from being sold, seen, performed etc because it is considered morally harmful or politically dangerous: · Films like that should be banned!· Comics were banned in my house because my parents thought they weren't a good influence.· "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was banned when it was first published. ► censor to examine films, books, letters etc and take out any parts that are considered to be morally harmful or politically dangerous: · The government censored all letters and telegrams going abroad during the war.· The court ruled that student newspapers could not be censored by school officials. ► censorship the practice of officially examining films, books, letters etc to take out any parts which are considered to be morally harmful or politically dangerous: · Any films that are shown here have to pass government censorship.censorship of: · Angry journalists accused the government of censorship of free speech. ADJECTIVE► political· Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind. the practice or system of censoring something:  censorship of books |