Meaning of CENSORSHIP
| Pronunciation: | | 'sensur`ship
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
- [n] counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
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CENSORSHIP is a 10 letter word that starts with C. |
| | Synonyms: | | censoring, security review |
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| | See Also: | | Bowdlerism, Comstockery, counterintelligence, deletion, military censorship, national censorship | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cen"sor*ship\, n.
The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a
censorship. --Holland.
The press was not indeed at that moment under a general
censorship. --Macaulay.
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