censorship C1 Topic:Law & Government US /ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/ UK /ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/ See IPA manual Freq #19077 Meanings 1 noun The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated. […] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press.". 2 noun deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances 3 noun counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy 4 noun The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · deleting parts of... censoring 3 noun · counterintelligence... censoringsecurity review Word family Derived forms anticensorshipcybercensorshipdecensorshipnoncensorshipprecensorshiprecensorshipself-censorshipsemicensorshipuncensorship Related forms bowdlerisationcensorcensorware Common collocations military censorship Adjective + noun Etymology From censor + -ship. Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # censorship **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/ **Frequency rank:** 19077 ## Meanings 1. The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated. 2. deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances 3. counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy 4. The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome. ## Examples - […] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press.". ## Derived Forms - anticensorship - cybercensorship - decensorship - noncensorship - precensorship - recensorship - self-censorship - semicensorship - uncensorship ## Related Forms - bowdlerisation - censor - censorware ## Etymology From censor + -ship. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown