censorship
pronunciation
How to pronounce censorship in British English:
UK [ˈsensəʃɪp]
How to pronounce censorship in American English:
US [ˈsensərʃɪp]
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- Noun:
- counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
- deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
Word Origin
- censorship (n.)
- 1590s, "office of a censor," from censor (n.) + -ship. Meaning "action of censoring" is from 1824.
Example
- 1. How do china 's censorship regulations affect baidu operations ?
- 2. At the time I considered this a kind of latent censorship .
- 3. Attempts at censorship failed too .
- 4. Censorship in china is often erratic .
- 5. Some people use english to avoid censorship .