Censorship Synonyms and Antonyms

sĕnsər-shĭp
Forbiddance
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. censoring
  2. suppression
  3. licensing
  4. restriction
  5. forbidding
  6. controlling the press
  7. governmental control
  8. security blackout
  9. news blackout
  10. thought control
  11. the censor's blue pencil
  12. expurgation
  13. bowdlerization
  14. editing
  15. deletion
  16. bleeping
  17. security review
Antonyms:
  1. encouragement
  2. recommendation
  3. approval
  4. sanction
  5. praise
  6. endorsement
  7. compliment

Words Related to Censorship

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Censorship Sentence Examples

  • He wrote according to order, and no question of censorship arose.

  • The tendency towards a stricter censorship was shown by a proposal which was carried through the Prussian parliament for controlling the instruction given at the universities by the Privatdozenten.

  • Gerlach (1872), dealing especially with the censorship of Claudius.

  • Press censorship was of course very rigid throughout the Dual Monarchy, but many Yugoslav newspapers were suppressed altogether.

  • A rigid censorship was exercised concerning the publication of information as to the production of munitions, measures of defence, bombardments, air raids, arrests, trials and executions of spies, etc.

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