censor
IPA: sˈɛnsɝ
noun
- (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.
- (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.
- (education) A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
- (obsolete) One who censures or condemns.
- (computing) An algorithm that approves or rejects something on grounds of taste or morality etc.
- (psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.
verb
- (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).
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Examples of "censor" in Sentences
- The NBC censor is not being too racy.
- The censors were rightly shown the door.
- Don't give into the unscrupulous censors.
- Most of the press are hoed by the censor.
- Being chosen by the censors to the senate.
- The goal of radical Islam is to censor the press.
- All of the censors should be ashamed of themselves.
- The performances are censored, the programs are old and musty.
- Additionally, the English localization of the port was censored.
- Of course the documentation is grisly, but that is no reason to censor it.