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Princeton's WordNet

  1. censoredadjective

    suppressed or subject to censorship

    "the censored press in some countries"

Wiktionary

  1. censoredadjective

    Having had objectionable content removed; being something someone has censored.

Wikipedia

  1. censored

    Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governments, private institutions and other controlling bodies. Governments and private organizations may engage in censorship. Other groups or institutions may propose and petition for censorship. When an individual such as an author or other creator engages in censorship of his or her own works or speech, it is referred to as self-censorship. General censorship occurs in a variety of different media, including speech, books, music, films, and other arts, the press, radio, television, and the Internet for a variety of claimed reasons including national security, to control obscenity, pornography, and hate speech, to protect children or other vulnerable groups, to promote or restrict political or religious views, and to prevent slander and libel. Direct censorship may or may not be legal, depending on the type, location, and content. Many countries provide strong protections against censorship by law, but none of these protections are absolute and frequently a claim of necessity to balance conflicting rights is made, in order to determine what could and could not be censored. There are no laws against self-censorship.

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  1. censored

    Censored refers to the act of suppressing or controlling material, information, or expression, typically by an authority, government, or institution, in order to prevent it from reaching a wider audience or to restrict its potential impact on society. Censorship can take various forms, including the removal, alteration, or suppression of content from books, films, artworks, news articles, websites, or other mediums. It is often carried out with the intention of limiting what is deemed offensive, controversial, or inconsistent with established norms or the interests of those in power.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Censored in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Censored in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Censored in a Sentence

  1. Anna Nelson:

    During the visits, we are able to meet with the detainees on an individual basis and in-private. Each individual is free to agree or decline to meet with us, we facilitate contact between the detainees and their relatives through written messages as well as phone calls and Skype-like video calls. Communications between the detainees and their relatives are monitored and censored by authorities. Our role is strictly to facilitate the contact.

  2. Fergus Ryan:

    It's only really the hypernationalists that are given free rein, their content isn't censored, they're allowed to conduct campaigns, they're able to organize online... so that happens in China within the Great Firewall, and then we see also it spill out into the wider Internet.

  3. Dwight D Eisenhower:

    As it is an ancient truth that freedom cannot be legislated into existence, so it is no less obvious that freedom cannot be censored into existence.

  4. Rodney Phillips:

    What Zack provided was a platform where (those on the streets thought), I can be myself, I can cuss, I can tell you how I feel ... and it aint gonna be censored, he was showing the unadulterated truth.

  5. Cara Wallis:

    One thing that the Chinese government has demonstrated numerous times over the last several years is that nobody is too important economically, culturally, politically, etc. to be censored, fined, banned, or in the worst case, completely disappeared, this fact, combined with broader geopolitical uncertainty, does make it appear that it is more risky to do business in China right now.

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