Censureship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Censureship is a noun meaning The act or process of censuring; censure or condemnation.
Meaning
The act or process of censuring; censure or condemnation.
More Meanings
- The rejection and suppression of offensive material; censorship.
Example Sentences
Great Britain is the only country in Europe where the press does not at present groan under the heavy shackles of prohibitions and censureships.
The second wave, which fully blossomed by the early 1950s, gained momentum after World War II with the revival of serialism and the disappearance of the censureship of the avant garde.
They agree that obscenity should not be distributed, but would like to place the onus of censureship on publishers, authors themselves, librarians, or even on the public through a righteous boycott of bad books that happen to reach the market.
It is true that upon this system the judicial censureship which is exercised by the courts of justice over the legislation cannot extend to all laws indistinctly, in as much as some of them can never give rise to that exact species of contestation which is termed a law-suit; [...]
Word Forms
- censureships
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include censuring, censure, inveighing, disapproval, condemnation, censoring.
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