banning

See also: Banning

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbænɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -ænɪŋ

Etymology 1

From ban +‎ -ing.

Verb

banning

  1. present participle and gerund of ban

Etymology 2

From Middle English banning, bannyng, bonnyng, equivalent to ban +‎ -ing. Cognate with West Frisian banning, Dutch banning, German Low German Banning, German Bannung.

Noun

banning (plural bannings)

  1. The act by which something is banned; a prohibition.
    • 2023 March 16, Andrew Isker, “The Regime’s War To Make Memes Illegal”, in Gab News‎[1]:
      And it was not as though they were unable, as the waves of bannings and algorithmic deboosting of those on the online right began in earnest after 2016.
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