censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship 
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The proposal prompted the Green Feather Movement, started when five students from Indiana University in 1954 spread chicken feathers dyed green – to imitate the one worn by Robin Hood – around campus to protest censorship.
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Homosexuality has become one of the biggest subjects of censorship in China and the target of a recent government crackdown, even though surveys show the public is increasingly supportive of LGBTQ people.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
China operates one of the world’s most extensive online censorship and surveillance regimes that scrubs political dissent and criticism of the ruling Communist Party’s leadership and ideologies, including a drive against feminine portrayals of men in pop culture.
—Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
In its founding phase, the committee has moved to bring together a growing coalition of artists and storytellers committed to safeguarding creative freedom and resisting censorship.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
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Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Homosexuality has become one of the biggest subjects of censorship in China and the target of a recent government crackdown, even though surveys show the public is increasingly supportive of LGBTQ people.
—Peter Guo, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
China operates one of the world’s most extensive online censorship and surveillance regimes that scrubs political dissent and criticism of the ruling Communist Party’s leadership and ideologies, including a drive against feminine portrayals of men in pop culture.
—Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
In its founding phase, the committee has moved to bring together a growing coalition of artists and storytellers committed to safeguarding creative freedom and resisting censorship.
—Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censorship. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship
: the system or practice of censoring
Medical Definition
censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship
: exclusion from consciousness by the psychic censor
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