Definition of 'censor'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present
tense censors
, present participle censoring
, past tense, past participle censored
1. verb
If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
2. countable noun
A censor is a person who has been officially appointed to examine letters or the media and to cut out any parts that are regarded as secret.
3. verb
If someone in authority censors a book, play, or film, they officially examine it and cut out any parts that are
considered to be immoral or inappropriate.
4. countable noun
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censor in British English
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
3.
4. psychoanalysis
the postulated factor responsible for regulating the translation of ideas and desires from the unconscious to the conscious mind
See also superegoverb (transitive)
6.
to act as a censor of (behaviour, etc)
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Word origin
C16: from Latin, from cēnsēre to consider, assess
censor in American English
noun
1.
2.
an official with the power to examine publications, movies, television programs, etc. and to remove or prohibit anything considered obscene, libelous, politically objectionable, etc.
3.
verb transitive
5.
to subject (a book, writer, etc.) to censorship
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Word origin
L < censere, to tax, value, judge < IE base *ens, speak solemnly, announce > Sans ṡáṁsa, praise, prayer of praise
censor in American English
(ˈsensər)
noun
1.
2.
any person who supervises the manners or morality of others
4. (in the ancient Roman republic)
transitive verb
6.
to examine and act upon as a censor
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Derived forms
censorable adjective
censorial (senˈsɔriəl, -ˈsour-) or censorian
adjective
Word origin
[1525–35; ‹ L cēnsor, equiv. to cēns(ēre) to give as one's opinion, recommend, assess + -tor -tor; -sor for *-stor by analogy with derivatives from dentals, as tōnsor barber ( see tonsorial)]Examples of 'censor' in a sentence
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British English: censor
VERB /ˈsɛnsə/
If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
The government has heavily censored the news.
- American English: censor /ˈsɛnsər/
- Brazilian Portuguese: censurar
- Chinese: 审查 信件或媒体
- European Spanish: censurar
- French: censurer
- German: zensieren
- Italian: censurare
- Japanese: 検閲する
- Korean: 검열하다
- European Portuguese: censurar
- Latin American Spanish: censurar
- Thai: ตรวจสอบและตัดส่วนที่ไม่เหมาะสมออกตามอำนาจของผู้ตรวจสอบ
British English: censor
NOUN /ˈsɛnsə/
A censor is a person who has been officially appointed to examine letters or the media and to cut out any parts that are regarded as secret.
The report was cleared by the military censors.
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