"censorship" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-censorship.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-censorship.wav Forms: censorships [plural]
Etymology: From censor + -ship. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱens-}}, {{suffix|en|censor|ship}} censor + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} censorship (countable and uncountable, plural censorships)
  1. 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. Wikidata QID: Q543 Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Freedom of speech Translations (use of state or group power to control freedom of expression): censurë [feminine] (Albanian), رَقَابَة (raqāba) [feminine] (Arabic), գրաքննություն (grakʻnnutʻyun) (Armenian), ցենզուրա (cʻenzura) (Armenian), senzura (Azerbaijani), цэнзу́ра (cenzúra) [feminine] (Belarusian), বিবাচন (bibacon) (Bengali), цѐнзура (cènzura) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 審查 (Chinese Mandarin), 审查 (shěnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), 檢查 (Chinese Mandarin), 检查 (jiǎnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), cenzura [feminine] (Czech), censur [common-gender] (Danish), censuur [feminine] (Dutch), cenzuro (Esperanto), tsensuur (Estonian), sensuuri (Finnish), censure [feminine] (French), ცენზურა (cenzura) (Georgian), Zensur [feminine] (German), λογοκρισία (logokrisía) (Greek), צֶנְזוּרָה (tsenzurá) [feminine] (Hebrew), सेंसरशिप (sensarśip) [feminine] (Hindi), अभिवेचन (abhivecan) [masculine] (Hindi), cenzúra (Hungarian), penyensoran (Indonesian), censura [feminine] (Italian), 検閲 (ken'etsu) (alt: けんえつ) (Japanese), цензура (senzura) (Kazakh), 검열 (geomnyeol) (alt: 檢閱) (Korean), цензура (tsenzura) (Kyrgyz), cenzūra [feminine] (Latvian), cenzūra [feminine] (Lithuanian), цензу́ра (cenzúra) [feminine] (Macedonian), penapisan (Malay), ڤناڤيسن [Jawi] (Malay), цензур (cenzur) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), sensur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), censura [feminine] (Occitan), سانسور (sānsór) [masculine] (Pashto), سانسور (sânsur) (Persian), cenzura [feminine] (Polish), censura [feminine] (Portuguese), cenzură [feminine] (Romanian), цензу́ра (cenzúra) [feminine] (Russian), caisgireachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), цензу́ра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cenzúra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cenzúra [feminine] (Slovak), cenzura [feminine] (Slovene), censura [feminine] (Spanish), censur [common-gender] (Swedish), сензура (senzura) (Tajik), การเซ็นเซอร์ (gaan-sen-sə̂ə) (Thai), sansür (Turkish), sıkıdenetim (Turkish), senzura (Turkmen), цензу́ра (cenzúra) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tsenzura (Uzbek), senzura (Uzbek), kiểm duyệt (Vietnamese), צענזור (tsenzur) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. (historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable
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Related terms: bleep censor, censor, censorware, bowdlerisation, media democracy, moral panic

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "word": "ცენზურა"
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          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
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          "alt": "けんえつ",
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          "roman": "ken'etsu",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "word": "検閲"
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          "roman": "senzura",
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geomnyeol",
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          "word": "검열"
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          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
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          "word": "cenzūra"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "roman": "cenzúra",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "word": "penapisan"
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ڤناڤيسن"
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          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "cenzur",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "censura"
        },
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          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "sānsór",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "سانسور"
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sânsur",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "word": "سانسور"
        },
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          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cenzura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "87 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "censurë"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raqāba",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "رَقَابَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "grakʻnnutʻyun",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "գրաքննություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʻenzura",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "ցենզուրա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "senzura"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cenzúra",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цэнзу́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "bibacon",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "বিবাচন"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cènzura",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цѐнзура"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "審查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shěnchá",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "审查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "檢查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnchá",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "检查"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzura"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "censur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "censuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "cenzuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "tsensuur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "sensuuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "censure"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "cenzura",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "ცენზურა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zensur"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "logokrisía",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "λογοκρισία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tsenzurá",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צֶנְזוּרָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sensarśip",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सेंसरशिप"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "abhivecan",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अभिवेचन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "cenzúra"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "penyensoran"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "censura"
    },
    {
      "alt": "けんえつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ken'etsu",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "検閲"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "senzura",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "цензура"
    },
    {
      "alt": "檢閱",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geomnyeol",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "검열"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "tsenzura",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "цензура"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzūra"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzūra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "cenzúra",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цензу́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "penapisan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "ڤناڤيسن"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "cenzur",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "цензур"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sensur"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "censura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "sānsór",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سانسور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sânsur",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "سانسور"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzura"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "censura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cenzúra",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цензу́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caisgireachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цензу́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzúra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzúra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cenzura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "censura"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "censur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "senzura",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "сензура"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-sen-sə̂ə",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "การเซ็นเซอร์"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "sansür"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "sıkıdenetim"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "senzura"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cenzúra",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "цензу́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "tsenzura"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "senzura"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "word": "kiểm duyệt"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "tsenzur",
      "sense": "use of state or group power to control freedom of expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צענזור"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "censorship"
  ],
  "word": "censorship"
}

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