ALL meanings of censor
cen·sor
C c - noun censor one of two magistrates in ancient Rome appointed to take the census and, later, to supervise public morals 3
- noun censor an official with the power to examine publications, movies, television programs, etc. and to remove or prohibit anything considered obscene, libelous, politically objectionable, etc. 3
- noun censor an official in time of war who reads publications, mail, etc. to remove information that might be useful to the enemy 3
- noun censor in earlier psychoanalytic theory, and still popularly, a part of the unconscious that serves as the agent of censorship 3
- verb transitive censor to subject (a book, writer, etc.) to censorship 3
- verb censor If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret. 3
- countable noun censor A censor is a person who has been officially appointed to examine letters or the media and to cut out any parts that are regarded as secret. 3
- verb censor If someone in authority censors a book, play, or film, they officially examine it and cut out any parts that are considered to be immoral or inappropriate. 3
- countable noun censor A censor is a person who has been officially appointed to examine plays, films, and books and to cut out any parts that are considered to be immoral. 3
- noun censor a person authorized to examine publications, theatrical presentations, films, letters, etc, in order to suppress in whole or part those considered obscene, politically unacceptable, etc 3
- noun censor any person who controls or suppresses the behaviour of others, usually on moral grounds 3
- noun censor (in republican Rome) either of two senior magistrates elected to keep the list of citizens up to date, control aspects of public finance, and supervise public morals 3
- noun censor the postulated factor responsible for regulating the translation of ideas and desires from the unconscious to the conscious mind 3
- verb censor to ban or cut portions of (a publication, film, letter, etc) 3
- verb censor to act as a censor of (behaviour, etc) 3
- noun censor An official who examines material that is about to be released, such as books, movies, news, and art, and suppresses any parts that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. 1
- noun censor an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds. 1
- noun censor any person who supervises the manners or morality of others. 1
- noun censor an adverse critic; faultfinder. 1
- noun censor (in the ancient Roman republic) either of two officials who kept the register or census of the citizens, awarded public contracts, and supervised manners and morals. 1
- noun censor (in early Freudian dream theory) the force that represses ideas, impulses, and feelings, and prevents them from entering consciousness in their original, undisguised forms. 1
- verb with object censor to examine and act upon as a censor. 1
- verb with object censor to delete (a word or passage of text) in one's capacity as a censor. 1
- noun censor sb who censors films 1
- transitive verb censor suppress or expurgate 1
- noun censor sb who censors publication of military information 1
- noun censor (historical) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality. 0
- noun censor An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content. 0
- noun censor One who censures or condemns. 0
- noun censor (psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious. 0
- verb censor (Transitive Verb) To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers. 0
- verb censor (Transitive Verb) To remove objectionable content. 0