nnoun.personsomeone who censures or condemnsDerivationally Related Form:censoriouscensorial
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:censorpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:censorpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona 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 unacceptableDerivationally Related Form:censorshipcensorcensorial
Hypernyms:functionary official
Inherited Hypernyms:censorofficialskilled workerworkerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:censorofficialskilled workerworkerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.socialforbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)Topic:medium
Synset:ban
Derivationally Related Form:ban
Hypernyms:criminalise criminalize illegalise illegalize outlaw
Inherited Hypernyms:banoutlawforbidcommandorderrequestaskrequestcommunicateconveytransfermove
Direct Hyponyms:embargo
Full Troponyms:embargo
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: censor, ban)
vverb.cognitionsubject to political, religious, or moral censorshipExamples:- This magazine is censored by the government
Derivationally Related Form:censor
Hypernyms:appraise assess evaluate measure valuate value
Inherited Hypernyms:censormeasureevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:blue-pencildeleteedit
Full Troponyms:edit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something