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censor
[ sen-ser ]
noun
- 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.
- any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
- an adverse critic; faultfinder.
- (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.
- (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)
- to examine and act upon as a censor.
- to delete (a word or passage of text) in one's capacity as a censor.
censor
/ ˈsɛnsə; sɛnˈsɔːrɪəl /
noun
- 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
- any person who controls or suppresses the behaviour of others, usually on moral grounds
- (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
- psychoanal the postulated factor responsible for regulating the translation of ideas and desires from the unconscious to the conscious mind See also superego
verb
- to ban or cut portions of (a publication, film, letter, etc)
- to act as a censor of (behaviour, etc)
Derived Forms
- ˈԲǰ, adjective
- censorial, adjective
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
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of censor1
Example Sentences
The film had been cleared by India's Central Board of Film Certification - known as the censor board - which reviews movies for public exhibition.
Once literacy censors realized racial animosity wasn’t working, tactics shifted to demonizing queer literature, particularly books about the trans experience.
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.
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.
Her allegations include that executives had worked "hand in glove" with the Chinese government on potential ways of allowing Beijing to censor and control content in exchange for access to the lucrative market.
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