Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
The government today announced that press censorship was being lifted.
Synonyms: expurgation, blue pencil, purgation, bowdlerization or bowdlerisation More Synonyms of censorship
censorship in British English
(ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp)
noun
1.
a policy or programme of censoring
2.
the act or system of censoring
3. psychoanalysis
the activity of the mind in regulating impulses, etc, from the unconscious so that they are modified before reaching the conscious mind
censorship in American English
(ˈsɛnsərˌʃɪp)
noun
1.
the act, system, or practice of censoring
2.
the office or term of a Roman censor
3. Psychoanalysis
the agency by which unpleasant ideas, memories, etc. are kept from entering consciousness, except symbolically as in dreams
Examples of 'censorship' in a sentence
censorship
Throughout the country there was censorship and control of the domestic media.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
Strict censorship ensures that any rumours of friction in the marriage disappear at once.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Press censorship has been relaxed and trade unions are now permitted.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Many more want to press the censorship button.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Another catalyst has been a steady rise in press censorship.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is wholesale censorship on the internet.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There are no punitive taxes and no censorship of the internet.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The question of internet censorship is one of the most complex of our age.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As the security chief he has overseen the imprisonment of dissidents and the strict imposition of censorship of the press.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Throughout the region, freedom of speech is in retreat and press censorship on the rise.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There was press censorship, and satirical writings were burnt by the common hangman.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I accept that there should be some social censorship of the internet.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
For the writers who already felt anguished about writing for the films, strict censorship was just another insult to be added to the list.
Hamilton, Ian Writers in Hollywood, 1915-51 (1990)
It has, rightly, reported on the crushing of protests and internet censorship.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That's partly because there is little new writing of any kind for theatre, and also strict censorship.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He has also curbed judicial independence, boosting the powers of the domestic intelligence agency, and tightening internet censorship.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The demand to restrict media freedom can then be presented as progressive, providing an apparently anti-capitalist excuse for censorship and control.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Quotations
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced itNadine GordimerCensorship and Its Aftermath
Where there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is seriousPaul GoodmanGrowing Up Absurd
In other languages
censorship
British English: censorship NOUN
Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
The government today announced that press censorship was being lifted.
American English: censorship
Brazilian Portuguese: censura
Chinese: > 审查官方对书刊、剧本、电影或新闻报道的
European Spanish: censura
French: censure
German: Zensur
Italian: censura
Japanese: 検閲
Korean: 검열
European Portuguese: censura
Latin American Spanish: censura
Chinese translation of 'censorship'
censorship
(ˈsɛnsəʃɪp)
n(u)
[of book, play etc]审(審)查制度 (shěnchá zhìdù)
[of news]审(審)查 (shěnchá)
(noun)
Definition
the practice or policy of censoring films, letters, or publications
The government today announced that press censorship was being lifted.
Synonyms
expurgation
blue pencil
purgation
bowdlerization or bowdlerisation
sanitization or sanitisation
Quotations
Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it [Nadine Gordimer – Censorship and Its Aftermath]Where there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious [Paul Goodman – Growing Up Absurd]