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censor

[ sen-ser ]

noun

  1. an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
  2. any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
  3. an adverse critic; faultfinder.
  4. (in the ancient Roman republic) either of two officials who kept the register or census of the citizens, awarded public contracts, and supervised manners and morals.
  5. (in early Freudian dream theory) the force that represses ideas, impulses, and feelings, and prevents them from entering consciousness in their original, undisguised forms.


verb (used with object)

  1. to examine and act upon as a censor.
  2. to delete (a word or passage of text) in one's capacity as a censor.

censor

/ ˈsɛnsə; sɛnˈsɔːrɪəl /

noun

  1. a person authorized to examine publications, theatrical presentations, films, letters, etc, in order to suppress in whole or part those considered obscene, politically unacceptable, etc
  2. any person who controls or suppresses the behaviour of others, usually on moral grounds
  3. (in republican Rome) either of two senior magistrates elected to keep the list of citizens up to date, control aspects of public finance, and supervise public morals
  4. psychoanal the postulated factor responsible for regulating the translation of ideas and desires from the unconscious to the conscious mind See also superego
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to ban or cut portions of (a publication, film, letter, etc)
  2. to act as a censor of (behaviour, etc)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲǰ, adjective
  • censorial, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • sǰ·· adjective
  • ··· [sen-, sawr, -ee-, uh, l, -, sohr, -], ·۾· adjective
  • t··۾· adjective
  • ԴDz·sǰ adjective
  • v·sǰ verb (used with object)
  • ·sǰ verb (used with object)
  • ·sǰ verb (used with object)
  • un·sǰ·· adjective
  • ܲ·sǰ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of censor1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin ŧԲǰ, from ŧԲ(ŧ) “to give as one's opinion, recommend, assess” + -tor -tor; -sor instead of expected -stor by analogy with ōԲǰ “barber,” and similarly derived nouns ( tonsorial )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of censor1

C16: from Latin, from ŧԲŧ to consider, assess
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Example Sentences

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The film had been cleared by India's Central Board of Film Certification - known as the censor board - which reviews movies for public exhibition.

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Vance first stunned European officials with his speech at last month's Security Conference in Munich condemning the continent for having misplaced values such as protecting abortion clinics and censoring speech in the media and online.

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While Chinese state media has celebrated the cuts, it's hard to know how Chinese people feel about it given their internet is heavily censored.

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