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Definitions for Censored
[1] 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.
[2] any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
[3] an adverse critic; faultfinder.
[4] (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.
[5] (in early Freudian dream theory) the force that represses ideas, impulses, and feelings, and prevents them from entering consciousness in their original, undisguised forms.
[6] to examine and act upon as a censor.
[7] to delete (a word or passage of text) in one's capacity as a censor.
[8] (of a publication, film, letter, etc) not having been banned or edited
[9] 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
[10] any person who controls or suppresses the behaviour of others, usually on moral grounds
[11] (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
[12] psychoanal the postulated factor responsible for regulating the translation of ideas and desires from the unconscious to the conscious mind See also superego
[13] to ban or cut portions of (a publication, film, letter, etc)
[14] to act as a censor of (behaviour, etc)
Words related to Censored
censorexhaustive, uncut, all, entire, faultless, full, full-dress, gross, intact, integral, integrated, organic, outright, plenary, replete, thorough, thoroughgoing, unabbreviated, unabridged, unbroken
Words nearby Censored
censorcenotaph, cenote, cenozoic, cense, censer, censor, censorious, censorship, censurable, censure, census
Origin of Censored
1525–35; < Latin cēnsor, equivalent to cēns(ēre ) to give as one's opinion, recommend, assess + -tor -tor; -sor for *-stor by analogy with derivatives from dentals, as tōnsor barber (see tonsorial)
Words that may be confused with Censored
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, censorcenser, censor, censure, sensor
Other words from Censored
cen·sor·a·ble , adjective
cen·so·ri·al [sen-sawr -ee-uh l, -sohr -] /sɛnˈsɔr i əl, -ˈsoʊr-/ , cen·so·ri·an , adjective
an·ti·cen·so·ri·al , adjective
non·cen·sored , adjective
o·ver·cen·sor , verb (used with object)
pre·cen·sor , verb (used with object)
re·cen·sor , verb (used with object)
un·cen·sor·a·ble , adjective
un·cen·sored , adjective
Word origin for Censored
C16: from Latin, from cēnsēre to consider, assess
Synonyms for Censored
abridge, black out, blacklist, delete, edit, excise, restrict, sanitize, suppress, withhold, bleach, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, examine, expurgate, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, purge, purify, repress, restrain, review, revile, squelch, sterilize, clean up, drop the iron curtain, exscind, prevent publication, put the lid on, refuse transmission, scissor out, strike out, supervise communications