censorship

noun

cen·sor·ship | \ ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship

Definition of censorship

1a : the institution, system, or practice of censoring They oppose government censorship.

b : the actions or practices of censors especially : censorial control exercised repressively censorship that has … permitted a very limited dispersion of facts — Philip Wylie

2 : the office, power, or term of a Roman censor

3 : exclusion from consciousness by the psychic censor

Examples of censorship in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This was the year when Big Tech companies were humbled, their reputations tarnished, and their share prices clobbered by a tidal wave of political outrage over misinformation, censorship, and data abuse. — Greg Ip, WSJ, "Beware the Big Tech Backlash," 19 Dec. 2018 All right, joining me now with reaction to my open, and to discuss the vital issue of conservative censorship, House Majority Leader, Kevin McCarthy. — Fox News, "Carter Page reacts to calls to declassify FISA documents," 15 Sep. 2018 Diane Douglas threatened teachers with censorship and stripping of their certifications. — Michael Livingston, latimes.com, "Teacher walkouts in Arizona and Colorado continue national debate on money for schools," 27 Apr. 2018 Murphy’s Twitter account was filled with negative reaction to his call for additional censorship. — Brian Flood, Fox News, "Sen. Chris Murphy calls for more Silicon Valley censorship: 'Survival of our democracy depends on it'," 7 Aug. 2018 The sanction designations come alongside a U.S. State Department report on human-rights abuses and censorship in North Korea. — Samuel Rubenfeld, WSJ, "U.S. Targets North Korean Censorship With Sanctions," 10 Dec. 2018 Google's Dragonfly app would allow the company access to a market that has mainly subsisted on homegrown and censorship-friendly internet products, like the search engine Baidu. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Google Employees Sign Protest Letter Against Secretive Chinese Search Engine," 27 Nov. 2018 And Smith notes that there are types of censorship users support. — Katy Steinmetz, Time, "Americans Believe Tech Companies Are Censoring Political Views, New Poll Finds," 28 June 2018 Newsletter Sign-up A Sputnik representative said the company’s journalists focus on only news, and that Facebook’s decision to block some of its pages is tantamount to political censorship. — Stu Woo, WSJ, "Facebook Pulls More Russia-Linked Accounts," 17 Jan. 2019

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