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censor
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?ns?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?ns?/
- Homophones: censer, sensor
- Rhymes: -?ns?(?)
- Hyphenation: cens?or
Etymology 1
The noun is borrowed from Latin c?nsor (“magistrate; critic”), from c?nse? (“to give an opinion, judge; to assess, reckon; to decree, determine”) + -sor (variant of -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)). C?nse? is derived from Proto-Italic *kens??, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?ens- (“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 ????? (?a?sati, “to declare”).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
censor (plural censors)
- (Ancient Rome, historical) 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.
- Synonyms: censorian, (both obsolete) censurer
- (Ancient China, historical) A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials.
- 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.
- Synonym: (obsolete) censurer
- (education) A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
- (obsolete) One who censures or condemns.
- Synonym: censurer
Usage notes
Not to be confused with censer (“container for burning incense; person who perfumes with incense”) or censure (“act of condemning as wrong; official reprimand”).
Alternative forms
- censour (obsolete)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
censor (third-person singular simple present censors, present participle censoring, simple past and past participle censored)
- (transitive) 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).
- Synonyms: bowdlerize, expurgate, expunge, redact
- Antonym: decensor
Translations
Etymology 2
From an incorrect translation of German Zensur (“censorship”).
Noun
censor (plural censors)
- (psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.
Translations
References
Further reading
- censorship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Roman censor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- censor (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- censor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- censor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Cerons, Cosner, Crones, Oncers, crones, crosne, necros, oncers, recons, scorne, sercon
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /s?n?so/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /sen?so?/
- Homophone: sensor
Noun
censor m (plural censors, feminine censora)
- censor
Related terms
- censura
- censurar
Further reading
- “censor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin censor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?n.z?r/
- Hyphenation: cen?sor
- Rhymes: -?nz?r
- Homophone: sensor
Noun
censor m (plural censors, diminutive censortje n)
- censor
Related terms
- censureren
- census
- censuur
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: sensor (“censor”)
Latin
Etymology
From c?nse? (“I assess, value, judge, tax, etc.”) +? -tor (agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ken.sor/, [?k??s??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?t??en.sor/, [?t???ns?r]
Noun
c?nsor m (genitive c?ns?ris); third declension
- censor
- provincial magistrate with similar duties.
- a critic, especially a severe one of morals and society
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- c?nsitor
- c?ns?rius
- c?ns?ra
Descendants
References
- censor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- censor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- censor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- censor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- censor in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- censor in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?nsor.
Pronunciation
Adjective
censor m (feminine singular censora, masculine plural censores, feminine plural censoras, comparable)
- censoring
- Synonym: censurador
Noun
censor m (plural censores, feminine censora, feminine plural censoras)
- (historical) censor (Roman magistrate)
- censor (official responsible for removal of objectionable or sensitive content)
- censor, censurer (one who censures or condemns)
- Synonyms: censurador, censuradora
Related terms
- censura f
- censurar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?nsor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /?en?so?/, [??n?so?]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sen?so?/, [s?n?so?]
Adjective
censor (feminine censora, masculine plural censores, feminine plural censoras)
- censoring
- Synonyms: censurador, censuradora
Noun
censor m (plural censores, feminine censora, feminine plural censoras)
- (historical) censor (Roman magistrate)
- censor, censurer (one who censures or condemns)
- Synonyms: censurador, censuradora
- censor (a census administrator)
Related terms
- censura f
- censurar
Further reading
- “censor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Swedish
Noun
censor c
- (classical studies) censor; a Roman census administrator
- censor; an official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content
Declension
Related terms
- censur
See also
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censorship
English
Etymology
From censor +? -ship.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?s?ns????p/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s?ns????p/
- Hyphenation: cen?sor?ship
Noun
censorship (countable and uncountable, plural censorships)
- The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
- 1899, Arthur Christopher Benson, The life of Edward White Benson, sometime Archbishop of Canterbury: Volume 1
- […] such a curious thing — it is the only thing left of the old censorship of the press."
- 2012, Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, Censorship Files, The: Latin American Writers and Franco's Spain
- The Infantes had contacts among left-wing groups that opposed the dictatorial regime in Spain and their visibility in these circles was a serious concern for the censorship authorities […]
- 1899, Arthur Christopher Benson, The life of Edward White Benson, sometime Archbishop of Canterbury: Volume 1
- (historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
Related terms
- bleep censor
- censor
- censorware
- media democracy
- moral panic
- bowdlerisation
Translations
Anagrams
- sensorchip, sphericons
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