censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship 
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True to its founding fight over censorship and book banning, the institution remains a bastion dedicated to the transformative power of the book.
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Gioia Woods, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
Another risk for frontier model providers is that users in countries with strict censorship rules may opt for open-source chatbots that can run locally without restrictions.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
From 1939 to 1975, the Franco dictatorship placed Spain in the grip of repressive leadership that, among other abuses of power, exerted strict censorship over the country’s cinema.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026
This film is about us, and also about censorship, so the experimental layers also try to talk to this sense of rupture.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
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Gioia Woods, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
Another risk for frontier model providers is that users in countries with strict censorship rules may opt for open-source chatbots that can run locally without restrictions.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
From 1939 to 1975, the Franco dictatorship placed Spain in the grip of repressive leadership that, among other abuses of power, exerted strict censorship over the country’s cinema.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026
This film is about us, and also about censorship, so the experimental layers also try to talk to this sense of rupture.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/censorship. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship
: the system or practice of censoring
Medical Definition
censorship
noun
cen·sor·ship
ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship
: exclusion from consciousness by the psychic censor
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