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censor /senˈsör or -sər/ noun- A magistrate who kept account of the property of Roman citizens, imposed taxes, and watched over their morals (historical)
- An official with similar functions elsewhere
- Any of various officials in certain universities
- An official who examines books, papers, telegrams, letters, films, etc, with powers to delete material, or to forbid publication, delivery or showing
- An unconscious inhibitive mechanism in the mind, that prevents what is painful to the conscious from emerging from the subconscious (psychology)
- A person who censures or blames
transitive verb To subject to censorship or to censorial examination or condemnation ORIGIN: L cēnsor, -ōris censorial /-ōˈri-əl, -öˈ/ adjective Relating to a censor, or to the correction of public morals censoˈrian adjective Censorial censoˈrious adjective - Expressing censure or blame
- Fault-finding
censoˈriously adverb censoˈriousness noun cenˈsorship noun - The work of a censor, censoring
- The office of censor
- The time during which a censor holds office
censor morum /senˈsər mörˈəm or kānˈsor mōˈrŭm/ noun (Latin) Censor of morals |