self-censor
verbEtymology From self- + censor.
1
To censor one's own words or works; to engage in self-censorship.
- 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).2010 September 13, Alice Bell, “A physicist, a chemist and a zoologist walk into a bar . . .”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 29 May 2014:
- An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, discourages or prevents people from spreading it.2018, Sam "qntm" Hughes, There Is No Antimemetics Division: