deplatform
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈplætfɔɹm/
- Hyphenation: de‧plat‧form
Verb
deplatform (third-person singular simple present deplatforms, present participle deplatforming, simple past and past participle deplatformed)
- (transitive, formal) To prevent someone from utilizing a platform to express their opinion.
- 2017, Barry R. Harker, It’s Sunday in America, →ISBN, page 28:
- The Western trend to deplatform or disinvite campus speakers, whose views are considered objectionable, is in full swing.
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Synonyms
- censor
- expurgate
- suppress
Anagrams
- platformed