• Censorship

    Pronunciation

    • RP IPA: /ˈsÉ›nsəˌʃɪp/
    • GenAm IPA: /ˈsÉ›nsɚˌʃɪp/
    • Hyphenation: cen + sor + ship

    Origin

    From censor + -ship.

    Full definition of censorship

    Noun

    censorship

    (countable and uncountable; plural censorships)
    1. The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
      • 1899, A. C. Benson, The life of Edward White Benson, sometime Archbishop of Canterbury: Volume 1such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press."
    2. I think that censorship is an admission that you have lost an argument
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