nnoun.actcounterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemySynset:censorship security review
Hypernyms:counterintelligence
Inherited Hypernyms:censoringcounterintelligenceintelligenceinformation gatheringoperationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:military censorshipnational censorship
Full Hyponyms:armed forces censorshipcivil censorshipfield press censorshipmilitary censorshipnational censorshipprimary censorshipprisoner of war censorshipsecondary censorship
nnoun.actdeleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performancesSynset:censorship
Derivationally Related Form:censor
Hypernyms:deletion
Inherited Hypernyms:censoringdeletionremovalseparationchange of integritychangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:BowdlerismComstockery
Full Hyponyms:bowdlerismcomstockery
vverb.socialforbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)Topic:medium
Synset:ban censor
Derivationally Related Form:ban
Hypernyms:criminalise criminalize illegalise illegalize outlaw
Inherited Hypernyms:banoutlawforbidcommandorderrequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:embargo
Full Troponyms:embargo
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: censor, ban)
vverb.cognitionsubject to political, religious, or moral censorshipExamples:- This magazine is censored by the government
Derivationally Related Form:censor
Hypernyms:appraise assess evaluate measure valuate value
Inherited Hypernyms:censormeasureevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:blue-pencildeleteedit
Full Troponyms:edit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something