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.