noun
Meaning 1
An act of censorship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
censoring
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noun
Meaning 2
A partial obscuring of data points.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of censor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 4
deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: censorship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deletion
Narrower terms: Bowdlerism, Comstockery
noun
Meaning 5
counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: censorship, security review
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: counterintelligence
Narrower terms: military censorship, national censorship
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sensuuri — in art and politics
- Finnish: sensurointi — in art and politics
- Finnish: sensurointi — in statistics