"shadowban" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃædoʊbæn/ [General-American], /ˈʃædəʊbæn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: shadowbans [plural]
Etymology: shadow + ban Etymology templates: {{af|en|shadow|ban}} shadow + ban Head templates: {{en-noun}} shadowban (plural shadowbans)
  1. (Internet) An instance of shadowbanning. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Synonyms: hellban Translations (an instance of shadowbanning): Shadowban [masculine] (German), Schattenbann [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-shadowban-en-noun-mMjbg708 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 30 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shadow ban, shadow-ban

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃædoʊbæn/ [General-American], /ˈʃædəʊbæn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: shadowbans [present, singular, third-person], shadowbanning [participle, present], shadowbanned [participle, past], shadowbanned [past]
Etymology: shadow + ban Etymology templates: {{af|en|shadow|ban}} shadow + ban Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} shadowban (third-person singular simple present shadowbans, present participle shadowbanning, simple past and past participle shadowbanned)
  1. (transitive, Internet) To ban a user from a community without their knowledge, allowing them to continue reading and commenting, but rendering their contributions invisible or less visible to other users. Tags: Internet, transitive Categories (topical): Internet Translations (to ban a user without their knowledge): mit einem Shadowban belegen (German), mit einem Schattenbann belegen (German)
    Sense id: en-shadowban-en-verb-k1vdDqQn Disambiguation of 'to ban a user without their knowledge': 73 27
  2. (transitive, Internet, of a search engine) To filter out results without the publisher's knowledge. Tags: Internet, transitive Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-shadowban-en-verb-nEwXF22Q
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ghostban, hellban, stealthban, shadow ban, shadow-ban

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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