different between censorship vs imprimatur

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)

1. 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 […]

2. (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

English

Etymology

From Latin imprim?tur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??m.p???me?.t?/, /??m.p???m??.t?/, /??m.p???m??.t??/, /??m.p???me?.t??/, /?m?p??m?t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??m.p???m?.t?/, /??m.p???me?.t?/, /?mpr??m?t??/, /?m?pr?m?t?/, /?m?pr?m?t??/
• ,

Noun

imprimatur (plural imprimaturs or imprimantur)

1. (printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
   • 1664, John Wilson, The Cheats, publication info page:

     The Cheats · A Comedy · Written in the Year, M.DC.LXII. Imprimatur, Roger L'estrange. Nov. 5. 1663. By John Wilson
2. (by extension) Any mark of official approval.

   Synonyms: approval, authorization, endorsement

   • 1988, New York Times, Gay fiction comes home, [1]:

     Children, the final imprimatur to family life, are being borrowed, adopted, created by artificial insemination.

Translations

References

Czech

Noun

imprimatur n

1. imprimatur

French

Etymology

From Latin imprim?tur (“let it be printed”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.p?i.ma.ty?/

Noun

imprimatur m (plural imprimaturs)

1. imprimatur

   Donner son imprimatur.

Further reading

• “imprimatur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin imprim?tur (“let it be printed”), third person singular present subjunctive passive form of imprimere (“to imprint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imprimatur/
• Hyphenation: im?pri?ma?tur

Noun

imprimatur

1. (Catholicism) imprimatur, an official license to publish or print something.

Further reading

• “imprimatur” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /im.pri?ma?.tur/, [?mp???mä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /im.pri?ma.tur/, [imp?i?m??t?ur]

Verb

imprim?tur

1. third-person singular present passive subjunctive of imprim?