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- 1 One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality. Ancient-Rome, historical
"The Ancient Roman censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors."
- 2 A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind. transitive
- 3 a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable wordnet
- 4 A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials. Ancient-China, historical
- 5 someone who censures or condemns wordnet
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- 6 An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.
"The headmaster was an even stricter censor of his boarding pupils’ correspondence than the enemy censors had been of his own when the country was occupied."
- 7 A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
"During his [Theophilus Higgons's] reſidence in the ſaid houſe [Christ Church, Oxford], he was eſteemed a Perſon to be much ſtained with Puritaniſme, and to be violent againſt all ſuch that were ſuſpected to favour the Romiſh See. When he was Cenſor alſo, he was ſo zealous as to ſaw down a harmleſs maypole ſtanding within the precincts of the ſaid houſe, becauſe forſooth he thought it came out of a Romiſh Foreſt."
- 8 One who censures or condemns. obsolete
"Why that character [of the English Revolution] was so peculiar is sufficiently obvious, and yet seems not to have been always understood either by eulogists or by censors."
- 9 An algorithm that approves or rejects something on grounds of taste or morality etc.
"I tried using a dirty word as my user name for the online game, but the censor rejected it."
- 1 To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive). transitive
"The people responsible for censoring films have seen some startling things in their time."
- 2 subject to political, religious, or moral censorship wordnet
- 3 To partially obscure an observation. transitive
"Early dropout is one cause of right-censoring."
- 4 forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) wordnet
Etymology
The noun is borrowed from Latin cēnsor (“magistrate; critic”), from cēnseō (“to give an opinion, judge; to assess, reckon; to decree, determine”) + -sor (variant of -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”). The English word is cognate with Late Middle English sensour, Proto-Iranian *cánhati (“to declare; to explain”), Sanskrit शंसति (śaṃsati, “to declare”). The verb is derived from the noun.
The noun is borrowed from Latin cēnsor (“magistrate; critic”), from cēnseō (“to give an opinion, judge; to assess, reckon; to decree, determine”) + -sor (variant of -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”). The English word is cognate with Late Middle English sensour, Proto-Iranian *cánhati (“to declare; to explain”), Sanskrit शंसति (śaṃsati, “to declare”). The verb is derived from the noun.
From an incorrect translation of German Zensur (“censorship”).
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