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Sometimes, TV shows censor people's faces with pixels that hide the details, I am wondering if there's a noun for that, because I am trying to say something in an idiomatic way, but I find it hard without being able to refer to it.

For example, look at this sentence:

They removed the censored part, thereby showing the face of the
person who decided to speak in anonymity.

Censored part sounds odd in this context, so is there a better alternative?

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Sometimes, TV shows censor people's faces with pixels that hide the details, I am wondering if there's a noun for that, because I am trying to say something in an idiomatic way, but I find it hard without being able to refer to it.

For example, look at this sentence:

They removed the censored part, thereby showing the face of the
person who decided to speak in anonymity.

Censored part sounds odd in this context, so is there a better alternative?

word-request

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Sometimes, TV shows censor people's faces with pixels that hide the details, I am wondering if there's a noun for that, because I am trying to say something in an idiomatic way, but I find it hard without being able to refer to it.

For example, look at this sentence:

They removed the censored part, thereby showing the face of the
person who decided to speak in anonymity.

Censored part sounds odd in this context, so is there a better alternative?

word-request

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When it's done as pixels, we use pixelated and pixelation.

You can write:

• They removed the pixelation, thereby showing the face of the person who decided to speak in anonymity.

Wikipedia gives "pixelization", but pixelate appears more common.

Many will write "pixelated" even when it would be more correct to use another word (eg I News referring to a blurred image as "pixelated"):

• 
  blurred out (if the image is made blurry)


• 
  blacked out (made black)


• 
  blanked out (made black or white)


• blocked out

So you can have

• They removed the blurring, thereby showing the face ...

If it is actually censorship and not privacy, you can also write

• The removed the censoring/censorship, thereby showing the offensive symbol

Very occasionally you see redaction bar Guardian which would be appropriate for both privacy and censorship. You could certainly write

• They removed the redaction, thereby showing the face ...

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That type of censoring is called "pixelation" or "mosaic", so you can say "They removed the censoring mosaic...". Or you could just say "they removed the censorship..."

The "censored part" would refer not to the mosaic, but to the face that was being hidden.

Note that hiding faces in this way is usually about privacy, not censorship

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When it's done as pixels, we use pixelated and pixelation.

You can write:

• They removed the pixelation, thereby showing the face of the person who decided to speak in anonymity.

Wikipedia gives "pixelization", but pixelate appears more common.

Many will write "pixelated" even when it would be more correct to use another word (eg I News referring to a blurred image as "pixelated"):

• 
  blurred out (if the image is made blurry)


• 
  blacked out (made black)


• 
  blanked out (made black or white)


• blocked out

So you can have

• They removed the blurring, thereby showing the face ...

If it is actually censorship and not privacy, you can also write

• The removed the censoring/censorship, thereby showing the offensive symbol

Very occasionally you see redaction bar Guardian which would be appropriate for both privacy and censorship. You could certainly write

• They removed the redaction, thereby showing the face ...

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When it's done as pixels, we use pixelated and pixelation.

You can write:

• They removed the pixelation, thereby showing the face of the person who decided to speak in anonymity.

Wikipedia gives "pixelization", but pixelate appears more common.

Many will write "pixelated" even when it would be more correct to use another word (eg I News referring to a blurred image as "pixelated"):

• 
  blurred out (if the image is made blurry)


• 
  blacked out (made black)


• 
  blanked out (made black or white)


• blocked out

So you can have

• They removed the blurring, thereby showing the face ...

If it is actually censorship and not privacy, you can also write

• The removed the censoring/censorship, thereby showing the offensive symbol

Very occasionally you see redaction bar Guardian which would be appropriate for both privacy and censorship. You could certainly write

• They removed the redaction, thereby showing the face ...

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When it's done as pixels, we use pixelated and pixelation.

You can write:

• They removed the pixelation, thereby showing the face of the person who decided to speak in anonymity.

Wikipedia gives "pixelization", but pixelate appears more common.

Many will write "pixelated" even when it would be more correct to use another word (eg I News referring to a blurred image as "pixelated"):

• 
  blurred out (if the image is made blurry)


• 
  blacked out (made black)


• 
  blanked out (made black or white)


• blocked out

So you can have

• They removed the blurring, thereby showing the face ...

If it is actually censorship and not privacy, you can also write

• The removed the censoring/censorship, thereby showing the offensive symbol

Very occasionally you see redaction bar Guardian which would be appropriate for both privacy and censorship. You could certainly write

• They removed the redaction, thereby showing the face ...

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That type of censoring is called "pixelation" or "mosaic", so you can say "They removed the censoring mosaic...". Or you could just say "they removed the censorship..."

The "censored part" would refer not to the mosaic, but to the face that was being hidden.

Note that hiding faces in this way is usually about privacy, not censorship

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That type of censoring is called "pixelation" or "mosaic", so you can say "They removed the censoring mosaic...". Or you could just say "they removed the censorship..."

The "censored part" would refer not to the mosaic, but to the face that was being hidden.

Note that hiding faces in this way is usually about privacy, not censorship

share|improve this answer

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Ronald Sole

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That type of censoring is called "pixelation" or "mosaic", so you can say "They removed the censoring mosaic...". Or you could just say "they removed the censorship..."

The "censored part" would refer not to the mosaic, but to the face that was being hidden.

Note that hiding faces in this way is usually about privacy, not censorship

share|improve this answer

edited 40 mins ago

Ronald Sole

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answered 1 hour ago

James KJames K

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share|improve this answer

edited 40 mins ago

Ronald Sole

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answered 1 hour ago

James KJames K

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edited 40 mins ago

Ronald Sole

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edited 40 mins ago

Ronald Sole

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answered 1 hour ago

James KJames K

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answered 1 hour ago

James KJames K

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