Censorship
Censorship noun - Deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances.
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Synonyms for Censorship
Refusal and censorship are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Refusal" instead a noun "Censorship".
Refusal
Refusal noun - An unwillingness to grant something asked for.
Censorship and refusal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Censorship" instead a noun "Refusal".
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Related pairs
- bar and censorship
- bar and refusal
- forbidding and censorship
- forbidding and refusal
- resistance and censorship
- resistance and refusal
- ban and censorship
- ban and refusal
- embargo and censorship
- embargo and refusal
- boycott and censorship
- boycott and refusal
- interdict and censorship
- interdict and refusal
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Ienaga and his lawyers argued that the refusal to approve the book constituted censorship, though there was never any ban on the sale of the book, just on its use as an official textbook in schools.
Source: Banned in China - By the time the fifth generation of gaming came, Nintendo's censorship combined with their refusal to adopt CD technology caused developers like Square to get fed up with their practices and jump ship to Sony.
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Refusal and Censorship. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/censorship/refusal
Censorship & Refusal. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/censorship/refusal>.
Refusal or Censorship. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/censorship/refusal.
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