Complete Definition of "censor"

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English

Etymology
From L. #Latin|c�nsor 'magistrate, critic'

Noun
en-noun

  1. One who condemns or censors
  2. historic A Roman census administrator, also a judge of public behavior and morality
  3. An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content
  4. psychology A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious
  5. (acronym) Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

Translations

French: censeur
German: Zensor m
Hebrew: צנ��ר (tzenzor) m, צנ��ר�ת (tzenzoryt) f (3)
Ido: censur-isto, censoro
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Russian: �ензо� (cénzor)
Spanish: censor m, censora f
Swedish: censor#Swedish|censor (1,3) c

Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To review in order to remove objectionable content

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

  1. transitive To remove objectionable content

Translations

German: zensieren
Hebrew: �צנ�ר (le'tzanzer)
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Russian: �енз��и�ова��
Spanish: censurar
Swedish: censurera

Related terms
censorship
expurgate


Latin

Noun
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  1. A magistrate; one of two officials sworn to duty taking a census of the Romans.
  2. A provincial magistrate with similar duties.
  3. A critic, especially a severe one of morals and society.

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