censor n : 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

1 forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: ban]

2 subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"

English

Etymology

From cēnsor 'magistrate, critic'

Noun

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

Translations

• Danish: censor
• French: censeur
• German: Zensor
• Hebrew: צנזור (tzenzor) , צנזורית (tzenzoryt) (3)
• Ido: censur-isto, censoro
• Italian: censore (1,2,3)
• Russian: цензор (cénzor)
• Spanish: censor , censora
• Swedish: censor (2,3)

Verb

1. To review in order to remove objectionable content

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

2. To remove objectionable content

Translations

• Danish: censurere
• Dutch: censuur
• German: zensieren
• Hebrew: לצנזר (le'tzanzer)
• Russian: цензурировать
• Spanish: censurar
• Swedish: censurera

Related terms

• censorship
• expurgate

Latin

Noun

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.

Swedish

Noun

censor

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

Censor may refer to:

• Censorship, the control of speech and other forms of human expression
• Censor (ancient Rome), a magistrate for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, etc.
• Censor (Catholic Church), a Church official who approves and, if necessary, removes material from texts for publication
• Censoring (statistics), the situation when the value of an observation is only partially known
• Censor (film), a 2001 film written and directed by Dev Anand
• Censor (single), a single released by the band Skinny Puppy for the song "Dogshit" in 1988
• Censor (Christ Church, Oxford), the student of Christ Church, Oxford undertaking disciplinary duties assigned to deans of other colleges
• Censor (Royal College of Physicians), the College's police

See also

• Sensor, a device or organ that detects or senses a signal or its environment
• Censure, a formal reprimand
• Censer, a small metal or stone dish used for burning incense

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