Censorship

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Terms

"Censorship" comes from the ancient Roman word "censor". In Rome, the censor had two duties, to count the citizens and to supervise their morals. Thus the words "census" and "censor" both derive from the same Latin word.

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Ancient Roman - Censor - Rome - Latin

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The first reference to the term "whitewash" dates back to 1762 in a Boston Evening Post article. In 1800 the word was first used in a political context, when a Philadelphia Aurora editorial said that "if you do not whitewash President Adams speedily, the Democrats, like swarms of flies, will bespatter him all over, and make you both as speckled as a dirty wall, and as black as the devil."

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1762 - 1800 - President Adams - Democrats - Devil

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The term "sanitization" is a euphemism commonly used in the political context of propaganda to refer to the doctoring of information that might otherwise be perceived as incriminating, self-contradictory, controversial, or damaging.

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Euphemism - Propaganda

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Censorship, unlike acts or policies of sanitization, refers to a publicly set standard, not a privately set standard. Censorship does not attempt to cover up material made by an organization, but rather to restrict or abolish defined types of material produced by private citizens.

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