self-censor

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ censor.

Verb

self-censor (third-person singular simple present self-censors, present participle self-censoring, simple past and past participle self-censored)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To censor one's own words or works; to engage in self-censorship.
   • 2010 September 13, Alice Bell, “A physicist, a chemist and a zoologist walk into a bar . . .”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 29 May 2014:

     There's been a lot of talk recently about the problem of "libel chill" on British science writing, that people self-censor for fear they'd be sued (as Simon Singh was by British Chiropractic Association).

   • 2018, Sam "qntm" Hughes, There Is No Antimemetics Division:

     An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.