censorship
Syllables: cen·sor·ship/ˈsɛnsəʃɪp//ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/
censorship noun: the use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.
Noun
censorship (countable and uncountable, plural censorships)
- The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.
- […] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press."1899, Arthur Christopher Benson, The life of Edward White Benson, sometime Archbishop of Canterbury: Volume 1
- During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150...1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 52
- The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
censorship meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
censorship in Hindi
- use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
- सेंसरशिप sensarśip, अभिवेचन abhivecan
censorship in Tamil
- தணிக்கை முறை, தணிக்கை
censorship in Marathi
- सेन्सॉरशिप, सेन्सॉरशीप, सेन्सरशिप
censorship in Urdu
- سنسرشپ, سنسر شپ
More languagesFewer languages
- censorship in Bengali
- বিবাচন bibacon
- censorship in Telugu
- సెన్సార్షిప్, సెన్సార్ షిప్, సెన్సార్షిప్లు
- censorship in Malayalam
- സെൻസർഷിപ്പ്, സെൻസർഷിപ്, ചെൻസർഷിപ്പ്
- censorship in Kannada
- ಸೆನ್ಸಾರ್ಶಿಪ್, ಸೆನ್ಸಾರ್ಷಿಪ್, ಸೆನ್ಸಾರ್ ಶಿಪ್
- censorship in Punjabi
- ਸੈਂਸਰਸ਼ਿਪ
- censorship in Gujarati
- સેન્સરશીપ, સેન્સરશિપ, સેન્સૉરશિપ
- censorship in Odia
- ସେନ୍ସରସିପ୍, ସେନ୍ସର୍ସିପ୍, ସେନ୍ସରସିପ
- censorship in Nepali
- सेन्सरसिप, सेन्सरशिप, सेन्सरशीप
- censorship in Pashto
- سانسور sānsór
- censorship in Arabic
- رَقَابَة raqāba
- censorship in Malay
- penapisan
- censorship in Indonesian
- penyensoran
- censorship in Persian
- سانسور sânsur
- censorship in Thai
- การเซ็นเซอร์ gaan-sen-sə̂ə
- censorship in Vietnamese
- kiểm duyệt
Examples of censorship in a sentence
- They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
- The suspicious omissions in the new edition of the book attracted claims of censorship.
- If you self-host your website, you protect it from censorship.
Forms of censorship
| plural | censorships |
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Origin of censorship
From censor + -ship.
Words formed from censorship
Phrases with censorship
Questions about censorship
- What does censorship mean?
- Censorship means the use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.
- What is censorship in Hindi?
- Censorship in Hindi is सेंसरशिप (sensarśip), अभिवेचन (abhivecan). See Censorship meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is censorship?
- Censorship is a noun.
- How do you pronounce censorship?
- Censorship is pronounced /ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of censorship?
- The plural of censorship is censorships.
Words near censorship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: censorship (page history and authors); censorship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); censorship (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); censorship (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); censorship (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); censorship (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); censorship (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); censorship (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); censorship (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); censorship (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); censorship (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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