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Censor Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Censor? [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] subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" [v] forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers Synonyms \| Synonyms for Censor: ban Related Terms \| Find terms related to Censor: abbreviate \| abridge \| annotator \| asphyxiate \| belittler \| black out \| bleach \| blip \| blot out \| blue-pencil \| bottle up \| bowdlerize \| cancel \| captious critic \| carper \| caviler \| censurer \| choke off \| clamp down on \| clean up \| cognoscente \| commentator \| commenter \| common scold \| connoisseur \| conscience \| conscientiousness \| cork \| cork up \| crack down on \| critic \| criticaster \| criticizer \| critickin \| criticule \| cross out \| crush \| cut \| cut out \| damp down \| delete \| drown \| edit \| edit out \| editor \| erase \| ethical self \| excise \| expunge \| expurgate \| extinguish \| faultfinder \| frondeur \| gag \| grace \| hold down \| hugger-mugger \| hush \| hush up \| hush-hush \| inner arbiter \| inward monitor \| jump on \| keep down \| keep under \| kill \| literary critic \| man of letters \| momus \| monopolist \| moral censor \| muckraker \| muffle \| muzzle \| narrow \| nitpicker \| omit \| pettifogger \| pour water on \| protectionist \| purge \| purify \| put down \| quash \| quell \| quench \| quibbler \| repress \| rescind \| restrain \| restrict \| restrictionist \| reviewer \| rub out \| scholiast \| scold \| screen \| shush \| shut down on \| silence \| sit down on \| sit on \| smash \| smellfungus \| smother \| social conscience \| social critic \| squash \| squelch \| stanch \| stifle \| strangle \| strike \| strike off \| strike out \| stultify \| subdue \| suffocate \| superego \| suppress \| tender conscience \| textual critic \| throttle \| twinge of conscience \| voice of conscience \| void See Also \| appraise \| assess \| criminalise \| criminalize \| evaluate \| functionary \| illegalise \| illegalize \| measure \| official \| outlaw \| valuate \| value Censor In Webster's Dictionary \Cen"sor\, n. [L. censor, fr. censere to value, tax.] 1. (Antiq.) 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. 2. 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. 3. One given to fault-finding; a censurer. Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve. --Rambler. 4. A critic; a reviewer. Received with caution by the censors of the press. --W. Irving.

Censor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Censor?

[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] subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"
[v] forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Censor: ban

Censor In Webster's Dictionary

\Cen"sor\, n. [L. censor, fr. censere to value, tax.]
1. (Antiq.) 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.

2. 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.

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

         Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady
         rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no
         inclination to approve.               --Rambler.

4. A critic; a reviewer.

         Received with caution by the censors of the press.
                                               --W. Irving.

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