Associations to the word «Censorship»

Wiktionary

CENSORSHIP, noun. The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.

Dictionary definition

CENSORSHIP, noun. Counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy.
CENSORSHIP, noun. Deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne