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censorship - 5 dictionary results

cen⋅sor⋅ship

[sen-ser-ship]
–noun
1. the act or practice of censoring.
2. the office or power of a censor.
3. the time during which a censor holds office.
4. the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor.

Origin:
1585–95; censor + -ship
cen·sor·ship   (sěn'sər-shĭp')   
n.  
  1. The act, process, or practice of censoring.
  2. The office or authority of a Roman censor.
  3. Psychology Prevention of disturbing or painful thoughts or feelings from reaching consciousness except in a disguised form.

Censorship

Cen"sor*ship\, n. The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. --Holland.

The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship. --Macaulay.
Language Translation for : censorship
Spanish: censura,
German: die Zensur,
Japanese: 検閲

Main Entry: cen·sor·ship
Function: noun
: the institution, system, or practice of censoring —compare FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PRIOR RESTRAINT

Main Entry: cen·sor·ship
Pronunciation: 'sen(t)-s&r-"ship
Function: noun
: exclusion from consciousness by the psychic censor
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