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- noun /ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp,ˈsɛnsɚˌʃɪp/The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
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censorship — cen·sor·ship n: the institution, system, or practice of censoring compare freedom of speech, prior restraint Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
CENSORSHIP — Censorship in modern Japan has served as both a political expedient wielded by government as well as a self regulating tool used by the publishing houses. In 1869, the first publishing regulations were enacted, followed in 1875 by regulations… … Japanese literature and theater
Censorship — Cen sor*ship, n. The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. Holland. [1913 Webster] The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
censorship — 1590s, office of a censor, from CENSOR (Cf. censor) + SHIP (Cf. ship). Meaning action of censoring is from 1856 … Etymology dictionary
censorship — [n] forbiddance; ban blackout*, blue pencil*, bowdlerization, control, forbidding, hush up*, infringing on rights, iron curtain*, restriction, suppression, thought control*; concepts 376,388 Ant. approval, compliment, encouragement, endorsement,… … New thesaurus
censorship — [sen′sər ship΄] n. 1. the act, system, or practice of censoring 2. the office or term of a Roman censor 3. Psychoanalysis the agency by which unpleasant ideas, memories, etc. are kept from entering consciousness, except symbolically as in dreams … English World dictionary
Censorship — Part of a series on Censorship By media … Wikipedia
censorship — /sen seuhr ship /, n. 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. [1585 95; CENSOR + SHIP] * * * Act of … Universalium
Censorship — During the period of partition, films in the Polish territories were censored according to the laws of the occupying powers. After regaining independence in 1918, the government was in favor of an open market regulated by tariffs and… … Guide to cinema
Censorship — Film censorship regulations were first introduced in Italy in 1913 by a law that established the requirement for all films to be furnished with an official written release (nulla osta) from the Ministry for the Interior, granted on the basis… … Historical dictionary of Italian cinema
Censorship — Official film censorship in Spain started in 1912, and remained in place as an explicit system to control artistic expression, enforced in one form or another, until 1977. The power to censor spectacles was held, in the early periods, by the… … Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema
