as in self-discipline
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Recent Examples of self-censorship
One probable outcome is that creators will engage in self-censorship to ward off harrassment.
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Brooke Erin Duffy, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
And while some French cartoonists speak of self-censorship since the Charlie Hebdo attack, others feel more motivated than ever to ferociously poke fun and provoke.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
This one involves self-censorship, fear of informants, and the necessity to appear conformist to some extent.
—airmail.news, 12 Oct. 2024
For me, as an artist, an educator and a dad, with that suppression leads to self-censorship, and leads to questions about one's self worth, about one's place in society.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 16 Aug. 2024
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Brooke Erin Duffy, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
And while some French cartoonists speak of self-censorship since the Charlie Hebdo attack, others feel more motivated than ever to ferociously poke fun and provoke.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
This one involves self-censorship, fear of informants, and the necessity to appear conformist to some extent.
—airmail.news, 12 Oct. 2024
For me, as an artist, an educator and a dad, with that suppression leads to self-censorship, and leads to questions about one's self worth, about one's place in society.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-censorship
Noun
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The Catholic Church mandates abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent as an act of sacrifice and self-discipline.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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This builds your self-discipline and strengthens your ability to focus for extended periods.—
Luciana Paulise,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Zelensky ordered this punishing act of political repression without due process or court proceedings.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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The regime has intensified its control through evil levels of repression over the past three years.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The South Carolina National Guard was conducting fire suppression from helicopters Monday.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Ensure that fire suppression equipment is readily available.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In 2012, for example, 49% of Americans responding to the General Social Survey, a long-standing national survey that measures societal change, said Black-white differences in income, housing and jobs were due to a lack of willpower on the part of Black people.—
Karyn Vilbig,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2025
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Democrats have, in fairness, shown a few glimmers of willpower of late: Fifteen attorneys general promised to oppose Trump’s plans to ban gender-affirming care this week, and members of Congress attempted more fervently to stall Trump’s nominations, or at least vote as an opposition bloc.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them,
7 Feb. 2025
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Our country should be placed speedily above the plane of confessing herself a failure at self-government.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 2008, a majority of Greenlanders voted for further home rule, to, in essence, continue a process towards sovereignty and self-government.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This first leadership style reflects the mindset many of us were taught to follow, the belief that mastery of technical skills and knowledge is the key to success.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Now researchers at Japan’s Osaka University have uncovered the physiological mechanism behind Belgica antarctica’s mastery of the cold — one that’s never been observed in any other species.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
8 Mar. 2025
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But the biblical term for self-denial – inui – has another meaning.—
Rabbi Avi Weiss,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Oct. 2024
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The Ford Focus Electric, with its appealing, Euro-hatchback lines, lacks the frumpy feel of self-denial often associated with electric cars.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Mar. 2012
Noun
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For transformation and emotional healing A stone of transformation and deep emotional healing, malachite brings forth qualities that can support Capricorn’s quest for self-mastery.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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These being an in-depth understanding of ADHD, self-acceptance, acceptance of disability, self-compassion, and skills and compensatory strategies that support self-mastery.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Dec. 2024
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“Self-censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-censorship. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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