censored texts
Writings with omissions
Censored texts are written materials that have had portions removed, obscured, or altered by authorities or publishers—typically to suppress content deemed offensive, dangerous, or politically sensitive.
The term also refers to text messages where characters appear as symbols or blocks: The leaked document showed ████████ throughout.
In academic contexts, censored texts are primary sources for studying state control of information.
- redactedOfficially removed from view
- black markerInk pen, dark pigment
- white outOpaque fixing liquid
- cut outRemoved or suddenly stopped
- suppressedForcibly held down
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censored textsdeclassified documents
Previously restricted information made public
public records · leaked documents · samizdat · underground literature
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