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Definition of Censor

1. Noun. Someone who censures or condemns.

2. Verb. Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper). "Sam and Sue censor the movie "

3. Noun. 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.

4. Verb. Subject to political, religious, or moral censorship. ; "This magazine is censored by the government"

Definition of Censor

1. 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.

Definition of Censor

1. to delete an objectionable word or passage [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Censor

1. In psychoanalytic theory, the psychic barrier that prevents certain unconscious thoughts and wishes from coming to consciousness unless they are so cloaked or disguised as to be unrecognizable. Origin: L. A judge, critic, fr. Censeo, to value, judge (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Censor

cenotaphs cenote cenotes cenotrope Cenozoic Cenozoic era CENP antigens cens cense censed

censer censers censes censing censor (current term) censor (current term) censored censorial censoring censorious

censoriously censoriousness censors censorship censorships censual censurable censure censured censurer

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