strict censorship

collocation in English

meaningsofstrictandcensorship

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strict
adjective
uk
/strɪkt/us
/strɪkt/
strongly limiting someone's freedom to behave as they wish, or likely to severely punish someone if they do ...
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censorship
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsen.sə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈsen.sɚ.ʃɪp/
the action of preventing part or the whole of a book, film, work of art, document, or other kind of communication from being seen or made available to the public, because it is considered to be offensive or harmful, or because it contains information that someone wishes to keep secret, often for ...
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(Definition ofstrictandcensorshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Government teachers were subjected tostrictcensorshiprules imposed by district education inspectors.
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I would very much like to see a morestrictcensorship.
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It is monstrous that there should be any ground for even a suspicion of favouritism towards one journal as compared with others, particularly when thisstrictcensorshipis exercised.
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Strictcensorshiphas been imposed.
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Starting in the 1970s,strictcensorshipcaused decline in the number and quality of gangster movies, and none were made in the 1980s.
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This also lead to astrictcensorshipand control of published media.
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Onerous regulations,strictcensorship, incessant propaganda and nightly curfews all played a role in establishing an atmosphere of fear and repression.
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He was an outspoken supporter of social reform, despitestrictcensorshiplaws and harsh penalties for those who broke them.
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Strictcensorshiphas since ceased, and virtually all books banned have been unbanned.
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Press coverage of the war was affected by restrictions on the movement of reporters andstrictcensorship.
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It facedstrictcensorshipand was not officially published in the country until 1987.
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He established an authoritarian government that valued nationalism, militarism, secularism and anti-communism combined withstrictcensorshipand state propaganda.
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He was an outspoken advocate, despite the risk this placed him in under thestrictcensorshiplaws of the time.
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Librarians strive to establish a balance along the spectrum of intellectual freedom - where on one side ideas flow unchecked, even harmful ones, andstrictcensorshipexists on the other side.
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