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Definitions of Censorship The term "censorship" comes from the Latin, censere "to give as one’s opinion, to assess." Here are
Definitions of Censorship The term "censorship" comes from the Latin, censere "to give as one’s opinion, to assess." Here are
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2010-03-19
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Definitions of Censorship
The term "censorship" comes from the Latin, censere "to give as one’s opinion, to assess." Here are excerpts of definitions of "censorship" from U.S. organizations and publications with varying views:
Censor: One who supervises conduct and morals: as a) an official who examines materials (as publications or films) for objectionable matter; b) an official (as in time of war) who reads communications (as letters) and deletes material considered harmful to the interests of his organization.
—Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
Censorship: The use of the state and other legal or official means to restrict speech.
—Culture Wars, Documents from the Recent Controversies in the Arts
In general, censorship of books is a supervision of the press in order to prevent any abuse of it. In this sense, every lawful authority, whose duty it is to protect its subjects from the ravages of a pernicious press, has the right of exercising censorship of books.
—The Catholic Encyclopedia
Censorship
1. The denial of freedom of speech or freedom of the press.
2. The review of books, movies, etc. , to prohibit publication and distribution, usually for reasons of morality or state security.
—Oran’s Dictionary of Law
Censorship: official restriction of ally expression believed to threaten the political, social, or moral order.
—Encyclopedia. com
Censorship — the prevention of publication, transmission, or exhibition of material considered undesirable for the general public to possess or be exposed to.
—Fast Times’ Political Dictionary
How many dictionaries have been quoted which give the definition of Censorship only in this article?
选项
A、6.
B、5.
C、4.
D、3.
答案
C
解析
本题应注意问题问的只是引用了多少本词典中Censorship的定义,没有包括Censor的定义。
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