censorious

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But the censorious effect is the same, even if deployed covertly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Perhaps to the dismay of the censorious, it is also instructional.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

In their TikTok video, Ben talked about how one particularly censorious editor tried to “destroy our entire side of Wikipedia” by tagging countless articles about roads and highways as non-notable topics that should be purged.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2023

Kliph Nesteroff’s fact-packed “Outrageous: A History of Showbiz and the Culture Wars” finds American entertainers in a perpetual state of despair over the censorious climate of their day — whatever day it happens to be.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Much advice on style is stern and censorious.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker