anti-censorship

adjective

an·​ti-cen·​sor·​ship ˌan-tē-ˈsen(t)-sər-ˌship How to pronounce anti-censorship (audio)
ˌan-tī-
: opposing or prohibiting censorship : favoring or allowing freedom of expression
anti-censorship laws/protests

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Now, a loose coalition of anti-censorship voices is working to make that strategy backfire. — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 1 Feb. 2024 And some companies already providing services worked to raise awareness of anti-censorship tools. — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023 In Friday’s tweet, Signal also said it’s been working on other anti-censorship techniques. — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 9 Aug. 2024 The resulting anti-censorship lawsuit went all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled that the federal government should keep its nose out of the cable content business. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 But if the goal of censorship is the control and regulation of important information or ideas, then an anti-censorship trend that purposefully obfuscates its own message isn’t clever. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2025 So has the band’s activism, with members supporting causes ranging from conservation to anti-censorship to Native American rights to the endangered Sumatran tiger. — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024 Additionally, Grok 4 reflects Musk's anti-censorship stance, with features designed to question media bias and resist filtering of politically incorrect content. — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025 On Wednesday, July 31, the My Sister's Keeper author joined nearly 600 educators, students, parents and other community leaders to sign an anti-censorship letter addressed to the Florida governor’s office. — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of anti-censorship was in 1856

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“Anti-censorship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-censorship. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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