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verb, to ban or cut portions of (a publication, film, letter, etc)
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censor
- 1) noun, 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
- 2) noun, any person who controls or suppresses the behaviour of others, usually on moral grounds
- 3) noun, (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
- 4) noun, psychoanal the postulated factor responsible for regulating the translation of ideas and desires from the unconscious to the conscious mind. See also superego
- 5) verb, to ban or cut portions of (a publication, film, letter, etc)
- 6) verb, to act as a censor of (behaviour, etc)
Etymology
C16: from Latin, from cēnsēre to consider, assess
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008


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