[sen-ser-ship]

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The CDA was passed not in the name of censorship but in the name of protecting children from stumbling across sexual material.

Jordan also banned it, and Malaysia, Egypt, and Indonesia subjected it to their censorship boards.

To many of us, that smacks of censorship, the highest offense to our pride in self-publicity.

So this startling move towards Internet censorship should come as no surprise.

Ironically, Trotter had succeeded in tightening a censorship bill but failed to stop the movie.

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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

1590s, "office of a censor," from censor (n.) + -ship. Meaning "action of censoring" is from 1824.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010 Douglas Harper

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