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# (''social psychology'') The suppression of a sincerely held view due to social pressure, conformity norms, or anticipated consequence. Distinguished from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reticence '''reticence'''] in that the opinion exists but is actively withheld.
# (''social psychology'') The suppression of a sincerely held view due to social pressure, conformity norms, or anticipated consequence. Distinguished from [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reticence '''reticence'''] in that the opinion exists but is actively withheld.
#: ''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 [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agenda-setting '''agenda-setting'''], framing, or noise rather than direct censorship.
# 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.