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Definition of Censorships
1. censorship [n] - See also: censorship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Censorships
Literary usage of Censorships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The two censorships established on April 5,1800, at the Ministry of the Interior
for theatres, and at the Ministry of Police for the press, discharged their ..."
2. The Skeptical Era in Modern History: Or, The Infidelity of the Eighteenth by Truman Marcellus Post (1856)
"... measures of Repression— Their Multitude and
Atrocity—censorships—Proscriptions—Crusades—Massacres—Dominicans— Franciscans—The
Inquisition— - Glimpses of ..."
3. Some of Mayor Gaynor's Letters and Speeches by William Jay Gaynor (1913)
"In past ages there were censorships to decide what might be published, ...
It was then that censorships, and all interference with freedom of speech, ..."
4. Defenders of Democracy by Militia of Mercy (1917)
"And in our behalf they had abolished their censorships. ... Finally, censorships
were imposed. This was quite proper in principle. censorships are always ..."
5. History of the New York Times, 1851-1921 by Elmer Holmes Davis (1921)
"No effort was made to circumvent these censorships, but in one instance the
censorship was evaded by a sort of impromptu code, with the result that The ..."
6. The Foundations of a National Drama: A Collection of Lectures, Essays and by Henry Arthur Jones (1913)
"It is Goethe's verdict on censorships. It is the bitter epitaph on all censorships.
Ever since Englishmen found out that burning each other was not a ..."
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