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Verb
/ˈsensər/,
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censors, plural;
  1. Examine (a book, movie, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it
    • - my mail was being censored
Noun
  1. 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

  2. An aspect of the superego that is said to prevent certain ideas and memories from emerging into consciousness

  3. (in ancient Rome) Either of two magistrates who held censuses and supervised public morals

  1. (censorship) censoring: counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
  2. (censorship) censoring: deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
  3. (censor) ban: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
  4. (censor) someone who censures or condemns
  5. (censor) subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government"
  6. Censorship is the suppression of speech or other communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body.
  7. (Censorship (France)) France has a long history of governmental censorship, particularly in the 16th to 18th centuries, but today freedom of press is guaranteed by the French Constitution and instances of governmental censorship are relatively limited and isolated.
  8. (Censor (ancient Rome)) The censor was an officer in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government's finances.
  9. (Censor (song)) Censor is a single by the band Skinny Puppy created for the song "Dogshit".
  10. (Censoring (clinical trials)) The term censoring is used in clinical trials to refer to mathematically removing a patient from the survival curve at the end of their follow-up time. Censoring a patient will reduce the sample size for analyzing after the time of the censorship. ...
  11. (Censoring (statistics)) In statistics, engineering, and medical research, censoring occurs when the value of an observation is only partially known.
  12. (censorship) The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated
  13. (censor) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality; An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content; One who censures or condemns; A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters ...
  14. (Censorship) of music, the practice of censoring music from the public, may take the form of partial or total censorship with the latter banning the music entirely.
  15. (censorship) The suppression information considered offensive or a threat to security.
  16. (CENSORSHIP) The act of hiding, removing, altering or destroying copies of art or writing so that general public access to it is partially or completely limited. Contrast with bowdlerization. Click here to download a PDF handout discussing censorship in great detail. ...
  17. (CENSORSHIP) The prevention of disturbing or painful thoughts, feelings or actions from reaching consciousness except in a disguised form, especially consciousness of psychosocial pathology.
  18. (Censorship) A film for theatrical release is reviewed by a film classification board which may request certain changes before release will be allowed, or allowed under a certain age rating.
  19. (Censorship) Attempts by Christian parents and leadership groups to restrain ADL/liberal promotion of homosexuality, pornography, sex education and secularist “respect for diversity” in public schools. ...
  20. (Censorship) Changes required of a movie by some person or body other than the studio or the filmmakers, usually a national or regional film classification board. See also certificate.
  21. (Censorship) Control over the content of a media text – sometimes by the government, but usually by a regulatory body like the British Board of Film censors.
  22. (Censorship) If an organisation destroys any retention-systems containing a particular meme or otherwise controls the usage of that meme, then that meme may suffer a selective disadvantage.
  23. (Censorship) Legal or social practices aiming to bar the creation or dissemination (e.g., the publication or public display) of disapproved speech or art.
  24. (Censorship) Loving my enemies to the degree that I prevent them from incriminating themselves with the truth.
  25. (Censorship) Print publications: That tightening of censorship laws should occur to take into account "undue emphasis on sex, crime or horror". ...