censor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 External links 1.7 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 3 Latin 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Related terms 4 Spanish 4.1 Adjective 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Related terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun

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Wikipedia

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From Latin cēnsor < censere (“‘to tax, assess, value, judge, consider, etc.’”).

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censor (plural censors)

1. (history) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality

   The Ancient censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.

2. An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content

   The headmaster is an even stricter censor for his boarding pupils' correspondence than the enemy censors had been for his own when the country was occupied.

3. One who censures or condemns
4. (psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious
5. (acronym) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

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• censurer

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• censorial
• censorious
• censorship
• censure
• census

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to censor (third-person singular simple present censors, present participle censoring, simple past and past participle censored)

1. (transitive) To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers

   The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.

2. (transitive) To remove objectionable content

   Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance

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• expurgate

[edit] External links

• censor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• censor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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• Alphagram: cenors
• crones
• oncers
• recons

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Latin

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censor m. (plural censors, diminutive censortje, diminutive plural censortjes)

1. censor

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• censureren
• census
• censuur

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cēnsor (genitive cēnsōris); m, third declension

1. A Roman collegial state magistrate; one of two officials officially sworn to duty taking a census of the Romans, later evolved into a high moral office.
2. A provincial magistrate with similar duties.
3. A critic, especially a severe one of morals and society.

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• censitor m.
• censura

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censor m. and f. (plural censores)

1. censoring

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censor m. (plural censores)

1. censor

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• censura
• censurar

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Inflection for censor	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	censor	censorn	censorer	censorerna
Possessive form	censors	censorns	censorers	censorernas

censor c.

1. (classical studies) censor; a Roman census administrator
2. censor; an official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content