In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CENSORSHIP
censoring, censorship
(noun) deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
censoring, censorship, security review
(noun) counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
censorship (countable and uncountable, plural censorships)
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
Anagrams
• sensorchip, sphericons
Source: Wiktionary
Cen"sor*ship, n.
Definition: The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. Holland. The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
25 December 2024
UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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