censorship

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈsɛnsərʃɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsɛnsɚˌʃɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sensər ship′)


censorship
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Synonyms:
censoring, suppression, licensing, restriction, forbidding, controlling the press, governmental control, security blackout, news blackout, thought control, the censor's blue pencil, expurgation, bowdlerization, bowdlerisation (UK), editing, deletion, bleeping, restraint Collocations, abridgment, abridgement (UK), bleeping out, stifling, erasing

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