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censor

cen·sor

UK/ˈsɛnsə/ US/ˈsɛnsɚ/ uncommon obsolete
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

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

verb

1.

forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

Synonyms
2.

subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

  • “This magazine is censored by the government”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • bleep censor
  • censor morum

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