Censorship

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Meaning 1.3 Related terms 1.4 Translations

English

Noun

censorship

Meaning

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

Related terms

• bleep censor
• censor
• censorware
• media democracy
• moral panic

Translations

• Chinese (simplified): 审查 (shenzha)
• Chinese (traditional): _ 審查
• Dutch: censuur
• French: censure
• German: Zensur
• Greek: λογοκρισία (logokrisia)
• Japanese: 検閲 (ken'etsu)
• Korean: 검열
• Latin: censura , (of literature) literarum censura
• Portuguese: censura
• Russia: цензура
• Spanish: censura
• Swedish: censur