censor
One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by…One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
» Let's see if that gets past the censors.
Посмотрим, пройдет ли это цензуру.
Meaning
7 senses(Ancient Rome, historical)One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
The Ancient Roman censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.
це́нзорcénzor
(Ancient China, historical)A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials.
An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.
The headmaster was an even stricter censor of his boarding pupils’ correspondence than the enemy censors had been of his own when the country was occupied.
Zensor, Zensorin
це́нзорcénzor
A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
An algorithm that approves or rejects something on grounds of taste or morality etc.
I tried using a dirty word as my user name for the online game, but the censor rejected it.
(transitive)A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.
цензу́раcenzúra
(obsolete)One who censures or condemns.
Zensor, Zensorin
це́нзорcénzor
someone who censures or condemns
Examples
46 sentencesLet's see if that gets past the censors.
ruПосмотрим, пройдет ли это цензуру. — sharptoothed
We don't censor anything.
deWir zensieren nichts. — Luiaard
Sami censored some of his video.
Does this need to be censored?
The news was censored for the time being.
Translations
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Origin
The noun is borrowed from Latin cēnsor (“magistrate; critic”), from cēnseō (“to give an opThe noun is borrowed from Latin cēnsor (“magistrate; critic”), from cēnseō (“to give an opinion, judge; to assess, reckon; to decree, determine”) + -sor (variant of -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”). The English word is cognate with Late Middle English sensour, Proto-Iranian *cánhati (“to declare; to explain”), Sanskrit शंसति (śaṃsati, “to declare”).
From an incorrect translation of German Zensur (“censorship”).
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