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n. A person authorized to examine books, films, or other material and to remove or suppress what is considered morally, politically, or otherwise objectionable.

n. An official, as in the armed forces, who examines personal mail and official dispatches to remove information considered secret or a risk to security.

n. One that condemns or censures.

n. One of two officials in ancient Rome responsible for taking the public census and supervising public behavior and morals.

n. Psychology The agent in the unconscious that is responsible for censorship.

v. To examine and expurgate.

n. A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality

n. An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content

n. One who censures or condemns

n. A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious

n. Censors Ensure No Secrets Over Radios

v. To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers

v. To remove objectionable content

n. One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

n. One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.

n. One given to fault-finding; a censurer.

n. A critic; a reviewer.

n. One of two superior magistrates of ancient Rome, who in the latter half of the fifth century b. c. succeeded to certain powers which had before been exercised by the consuls.

n. An officer empowered to examine manuscripts, books, pamphlets, plays, etc., intended for publication or public performance, in order to see that they contain nothing heretical, immoral, or subversive of the established order of government. See censorship. Formerly called licenser.

n. One who censures, blames, or reproves; one addicted to censure or faultfinding; one who assumes the functions of a critic.

n. In old universities, the title of certain masters chosen by the nations to visit the colleges and reform the administration, discipline, and instruction.

n. In the university of Cambridge, a college officer whose duties are similar to those of dean; at Christ Church, Oxford, one of two fellows having similar functions, called senior and junior censor.

n. In China, one of a body of officials stationed at Peking, under the presidency of a Chinese and a Manchu, who are charged with the duty of inspecting the affairs of the empire, and, if need be, of censuring any of the officials, and even the emperor himself, for any act which they consider illegal, extravagant, or unjust. They are called the “eyes and ears” of the emperor.

To subject to the examination, revision, or expurgation of a censor: as, to censor a book, periodical, play, or the like; especially (military), to subject (press despatches, etc.) to scrutiny with a view to suppressing information which, if made public, might embarrass military operations.

v. subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

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

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

n. someone who censures or condemns

"The title censor was given to magistrates in ancient Rome who supervised public morals and drew up the register, or census, of citizens."

censored    censoring    censors   

functionary    official    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody   

council of censors    expurgate   

census    censorship    censure    censorious    censorial   

censurer    critic    reviewer   

Ensor    Spencer    Spenser    biosensor    censer    condenser    denser    dispenser    sensor    spencer   

cabildo    consistory    dictator