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Pronunciation: [sˈɛnsəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Censoring refers to the act of suppressing, editing, or regulating information, images, or speech deemed inappropriate or harmful. There are various synonyms for this term, including filtering, screening, redacting, and withholding. Filtering is the process of sorting out specific content based on predefined criteria. Screening, on the other hand, involves examining a range of materials to identify and remove inappropriate items. Redacting refers to the removal of sensitive or confidential information from a document or communication. Withholding involves deliberately suppressing information from others. All these synonyms are useful in describing the concept of limiting access or exposure to specific content deemed unsuitable or unfit for particular audiences and situations.

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Usage examples for Censoring

Dave Moroka, who'd been censoring press releases, shook his head.
"Border, Breed Nor Birth"
Dallas McCord Reynolds
On occasion we had the job of censoring outgoing mail from the enlisted personnel.
"The Biography of a Rabbit"
Roy Benson, Jr.
Breakfast over, there came the censoring of mail, so that it could be sent to battalion headquarters before 2 o'clock.
"From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade"
Frederic C. Curry

Famous quotes with Censoring

  • The Lord Chamberlin was censoring scripts when I first came into the theater.
    Judi Dench
  • I think everyone holds back. I am always censoring myself and I'm sorry about it. But I always have to consider whether my remarks might cause someone pain.
    John Hall
  • What I find very attractive, what I find sexual, are people who are unapologetic for who they are and comfortable with themselves. And I think with those two things sexual energy does come out because you're not hovering or censoring yourself, you're just being who you are. And being who you are is a very attractive quality in a person.
    Katherine Moennig
  • After he was assassinated, his family and the men who had served him continued the lying and began the destruction, censoring and hiding of JFK's medical records.
    Richard Reeves
  • When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view.
    Tim Robbins

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