censorship

[ sen-ser-ship ]
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noun
  1. the act or practice of censoring.

  2. the office or power of a censor.

  1. the time during which a censor holds office.

  2. the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor.

Origin of censorship

1
First recorded in 1585–95; censor + -ship

Other words from censorship

  • an·ti·cen·sor·ship, adjective
  • pre·cen·sor·ship, noun
  • pro·cen·sor·ship, adjective
  • self-cen·sor·ship, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for censorship

censorship

/ (ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp) /


noun
  1. a policy or programme of censoring

  2. the act or system of censoring

  1. psychoanal the activity of the mind in regulating impulses, etc, from the unconscious so that they are modified before reaching the conscious mind

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