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censorship definition

cen·sor·ship (sen′sər s̸hip′)

noun

  1. the act, system, or practice of censoring
  2. the office or term of a Roman censor
  3. Psychoanalysis the agency by which unpleasant ideas, memories, etc. are kept from entering consciousness, except symbolically as in dreams

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To be able to Censor things that are shown to the public eye

Posted by anonymous 89 days ago.

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