censorship

[ sen-ser-ship ]
/ ˈsɛn sərˌʃɪp /

noun

the act or practice of censoring.
the office or power of a censor.
the time during which a censor holds office.
the inhibiting and distorting activity of the Freudian censor.

Origin of censorship

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

Words nearby censorship

cenozoic, cense, censer, censor, censorious, censorship, censurable, censure, census, census taker, census tract

Example sentences from the Web for self-censorship

British Dictionary definitions for self-censorship (1 of 2)

self-censorship

noun

the regulation of a group's actions and statements by its own members rather than an external agency

British Dictionary definitions for self-censorship (2 of 2)

censorship
/ (ˈsɛnsəˌʃɪp) /

noun

a policy or programme of censoring
the act or system of censoring
psychoanal the activity of the mind in regulating impulses, etc, from the unconscious so that they are modified before reaching the conscious mind