self-censorship
noun [U] /ˌselfˈsen.sə.ʃɪp/
/-sɚ-/ Definition
› control of what you say or do in order to avoid annoying or offending others, but without being told officially that such control is necessary: These writers knew that unless they practised a form of self-censorship, the authorities would persecute them.Forbidding and banning things
(Definition of self-censorship noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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