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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18562 COCA: 10997

censor

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 censor /ˈsɛnsɚ/ noun
plural censors
1 censor
/ˈsɛnsɚ/
noun
plural censors
Learner's definition of CENSOR
[count]
: a person who examines books, movies, letters, etc., and removes things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc.(图书、电影、书信等的)审查员,审查官
2 censor /ˈsɛnsɚ/ verb
censors; censored; censoring
2 censor
/ˈsɛnsɚ/
verb
censors; censored; censoring
Learner's definition of CENSOR
[+ object]
: to examine books, movies, letters, etc., in order to remove things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc.审查(图书、电影、信件等)
◊ Do not confuse censor with censure.
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18562 COCA: 10997

censor

1 of 2

noun

cen·​sor ˈsen(t)-sər How to pronounce censor (audio)
1
: a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as
a
: an official who examines materials (such as publications or films) for objectionable matter
Government censors deleted all references to the protest.
b
: an official (as in time of war) who reads communications (such as letters) and deletes material considered sensitive or harmful
2
: one of two magistrates of early Rome acting as census takers, assessors, and inspectors of morals and conduct
Cato the Censor accused Africanus and his senior officers of running an army riddled with moral laxity Colleen McCullough
3
: a hypothetical psychic agency that represses unacceptable notions before they reach consciousness
censorial adjective

censor

2 of 2

verb

censored; censoring ˈsen(t)-sə-riŋ How to pronounce censor (audio)
ˈsen(t)s-riŋ

transitive verb

: to examine in order to suppress (see suppress sense 2) or delete anything considered objectionable
censor the news
also : to suppress or delete as objectionable
censor out indecent passages

Example Sentences

Noun Government censors deleted all references to the protest. Verb The station censored her speech before broadcasting it. His report was heavily censored.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The censor who approved the collection for publication was removed from his post. Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 The end result is that students who aren’t as progressive censor themselves—and not necessarily out of fear. WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022 And the Chinese companies that hold the rights to international films in the country often self-censor to appease regulators before general releases. Michelle Toh, Nectar Gan, And Cnn's Beijing Bureau, CNN, 7 Feb. 2022 Three comics separately said freedom of speech will prevail over a small, but vocal group of cancel culture warriors aiming to censor comedians. Megan Myers, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2022 Companies that worry about being held liable for posts from people who use their site often over-censor content to cover their bases. Hayley Tsukayama, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2022 Rather than censor or edit its employees, Peloton celebrates them, encouraging vulnerability and conversation. Charles T. Brown, Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2021 Koon told The Washington Post there is still space to talk about social issues within churches, such as the poverty gap and housing policies, and pastors need not overly self-censor. Theodora Yu, Washington Post, 13 May 2022 Anti-conservative bias?:Do Facebook and Google censor conservatives? Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 11 May 2022
Verb
There is a wider right-wing campaign to sanitize or censor historical readings and teaching in schools across the country. Gregory Krieg, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022 Two dozen people, including members of the arts center’s board, spoke either in person or in writing, urging the council to maintain the arts center’s funding and decrying any effort to censor the facility’s art exhibits. Joe Tash, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2022 But Chima warns that even if the court rules in Twitter’s favor, that is likely to be just the beginning of a much longer effort on the part of the government to censor speech. Wired, 14 July 2022 To separate art from its historical framework is futile, and to reject it in an effort to censor past violence is a delusive act of virtue signaling. WSJ, 5 July 2022 Yet the leading social-media giants have earned the public’s mistrust through politically biased and often arbitrary and inconsistent use of their power to censor or promote content on their platforms. The Editors, National Review, 3 June 2022 White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted the board had never met and neither the department nor Jankowicz had any power to censor or remove content labeled as disinformation. Nomaan Merchant And Amanda Seitz, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2022 Twitter’s most recent transparency report showed that Indian authorities issued 89 legal demands to censor verified journalists and news organizations in the first half of 2021, the highest total in the world. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 6 July 2022 There was much discussion in the Playboy office about whether to keep the epithet in the story, but the editors finally decided not to censor the bigot. New York Times, 17 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

borrowed from Latin cēnsor "Roman magistrate tasked with registering citizens, removing persons from the register whose conduct was found wanting, and leasing public contracts," from cēnsēre "to give as an opinion, assess, appraise, perform the duties of a censor" (going back to an Indo-European verbal base *ḱems- "announce, evaluate publicly," whence Sanskrit śaṁati "declares solemnly, praises," Avestan sənghaitī "announces, names") + -tor, agent suffix

Verb

derivative of censor entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1882, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of censor was in 1526
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 18562 COCA: 10997
censor

verb

ADVERBheavily嚴格審查The movie has been heavily censored.這部電影受到嚴格審查。

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