ALL meanings of censorship
cen·sor·ship
C c - uncountable noun censorship Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way. 3
- noun censorship a policy or programme of censoring 3
- noun censorship the act or system of censoring 3
- noun censorship the activity of the mind in regulating impulses, etc, from the unconscious so that they are modified before reaching the conscious mind 3
- noun censorship the act, system, or practice of censoring 3
- noun censorship the office or term of a Roman censor 3
- noun censorship the agency by which unpleasant ideas, memories, etc. are kept from entering consciousness, except symbolically as in dreams 3
- noun censorship The practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts. 1
- noun censorship the act or practice of censoring. 1
- noun censorship the office or power of a censor. 1
- noun censorship the time during which a censor holds office. 1
- noun censorship the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor. 1
- noun censorship monitoring and suppressing 1
- noun censorship The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated. 0