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no-platforming

no-platforming is the present participle and gerund of no-platform.

Meaning of no-platform

Verb

no-platform (third-person singular simple present no-platforms, present participle no-platforming, simple past and past participle no-platformed)

  1. (transitive) To deny (a person or organisation) the use of platforms (newspaper columns, speaking engagements, etc) to publish their opinions, etc.
    • Afaics, "no platforming" has always had a tendency to interpret and expand the definitions of what is effectively to be censored, such that (just by coincidence, of course) only the views of those imposing it remain... unopposed....2000, Cliff Morrison, “Irving judgment a political fix?”, in alt.politics.british (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    deplatform

Questions about no-platforming

What is no-platforming the present participle and gerund of?
No-platforming is the present participle and gerund of no-platform.

Words near no-platforming in the dictionary

  1. no-par
  2. no-planer
  3. no-planers
  4. no-platform
  5. no-platformed
  6. no-platforming
  7. no-platforms
  8. no-questions-asked
  9. no-roll
  10. no-scope
  11. no-scoped

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