self-censorshipnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌselfˈsen.sə.ʃɪp/us/ˌselfˈsen.sɚ.ʃɪp/control of what you say or do in order to avoid annoying or offending others, but without being told officially that such control is necessary:
These writers knew that unless they practised a form of self-censorship, the authorities would persecute them.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- clean (sth) up
- curfew
- debar
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- nix
- off-limits
- out of bounds idiom
- outlaw
- prohibit
- prohibition
- unauthorized
- veto
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