self-censor

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ censor.

Verb

self-censor (third-person singular simple present self-censors, present participle self-censoring, simple past and past participle self-censored)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To censor one's own words or works; to engage in self-censorship.
    • 2010 September 13, Alice Bell, “A physicist, a chemist and a zoologist walk into a bar . . .”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 October 2026:
      There's been a lot of talk recently about the problem of "libel chill" on British science writing, that people self-censor for fear they'd be sued (as Simon Singh was by British Chiropractic Association).
    • 2018, Sam "qntm" Hughes, There Is No Antimemetics Division:
      An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.

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