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#: ''The unanimous vote was less a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consensus '''consensus'''] than a product of '''opinion occlusion''', with several members privately [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dissenting '''dissenting'''].''
#: ''The unanimous vote was less a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consensus '''consensus'''] than a product of '''opinion occlusion''', with several members privately [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dissenting '''dissenting'''].''
# (''epistemology, media studies'') The systemic sidelining of a viewpoint through agenda-setting, framing, or noise rather than direct censorship.
# (''epistemology, media studies'') The systemic sidelining of a viewpoint through agenda-setting, framing, or noise rather than direct censorship.
#: ''Wikipedia's Perennial Sources list enacts '''opinion occlusion''' structurally: by designating outlets such as the New York Post as generally unreliable while considering sources such as Mother Jones as generally reliable, it determines which perspectives can enter any Wikipedia article before editorial debate even begins.
# Any force, mechanism, or structure that blocks or suppresses an opinion or range of opinions from expression or consideration, particularly those originating from an opposing viewpoint or rival ideological tradition.
# Any force, mechanism, or structure that blocks or suppresses an opinion or range of opinions from expression or consideration, particularly those originating from an opposing viewpoint or rival ideological tradition.
# (''rhetoric, informal'') Any mechanism, deliberate or structural, by which a genuine judgment is displaced in expression by a safer or more palatable substitute.
# (''rhetoric, informal'') Any mechanism, deliberate or structural, by which a genuine judgment is displaced in expression by a safer or more palatable substitute.