anti-censorship
adjective
an·ti-cen·sor·ship
ˌan-tē-ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship 
ˌan-tī-
: opposing or prohibiting censorship : favoring or allowing freedom of expression
anti-censorship laws/protests
Examples of anti-censorship in a Sentence
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But if the goal of censorship is the control and regulation of important information or ideas, then an anti-censorship trend that purposefully obfuscates its own message isn’t clever.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
So has the band’s activism, with members supporting causes ranging from conservation to anti-censorship to Native American rights to the endangered Sumatran tiger.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
In Friday’s tweet, Signal also said it’s been working on other anti-censorship techniques.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024
On Wednesday, July 31, the My Sister's Keeper author joined nearly 600 educators, students, parents and other community leaders to sign an anti-censorship letter addressed to the Florida governor’s office.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
Now, a loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to make that strategy backfire.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
And some companies already providing services worked to raise awareness of anti-censorship tools.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
Kennedy’s anti-censorship message echoes his past criticism of social media giants and others who have called him out for spreading misinformation about the safety of vaccines.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
In April 2022, an anti-censorship group sued the county board, members of the county library board and the chief librarian, saying that the books’ removal had violated their First Amendment rights.
—Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025
So has the band’s activism, with members supporting causes ranging from conservation to anti-censorship to Native American rights to the endangered Sumatran tiger.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
In Friday’s tweet, Signal also said it’s been working on other anti-censorship techniques.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024
On Wednesday, July 31, the My Sister's Keeper author joined nearly 600 educators, students, parents and other community leaders to sign an anti-censorship letter addressed to the Florida governor’s office.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
Now, a loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to make that strategy backfire.
—Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024
And some companies already providing services worked to raise awareness of anti-censorship tools.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
Kennedy’s anti-censorship message echoes his past criticism of social media giants and others who have called him out for spreading misinformation about the safety of vaccines.
—Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
In April 2022, an anti-censorship group sued the county board, members of the county library board and the chief librarian, saying that the books’ removal had violated their First Amendment rights.
—Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
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“Anti-censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-censorship. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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