censorship board

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A censorship board is the body that decides what the public may not see. Banned by the censorship board, appeal to the censorship board, a state censorship board.

In most democracies its work has shrunk into classifying films by age rather than forbidding them. Where a censorship board still bans outright, the banned list usually becomes the reading list.

Definitions of censorship board

1nouncensorship boardThe body that decides what the public may not see.C1
“The film sat with the censorship board for eight months.”

censorship board is a body.

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censorship board

nounC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A censorship board is the body that decides what the public may not see. Banned by the censorship board, appeal to the censorship board, a state censorship board.

In most democracies its work has shrunk into classifying films by age rather than forbidding them. Where a censorship board still bans outright, the banned list usually becomes the reading list.

Definitions of censorship board

1nouncensorship boardThe body that decides what the public may not see.C1
“The film sat with the censorship board for eight months.”

censorship board is a body.

Practised in Politics & Society

Practise this word