censor
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- noun
- /ˈsɛn.sɚ/
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censor
- As a film censor, her role was to ensure that no offensive material made it to the audience.
- a film censor
- the chief censor
- government censors
And that's what these leftist censors don't understand.
- And that's what these leftist censors don't understand.
- So my point is the state in a certain sense is the censor of this contract.
- That is imposing your will on me just as much as the Victorian censors would have done.
- Secondly, as mentioned, our first week to cross pollinate diverse ideas must flow freely without governmental censor.
- A second example is is free speech where empathy I think is always on the side of the censor.
- He is an old school entertainment lawyer who is, he does not beat around the Bush and he's got no censor.
Examples
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In the interwar years, censors were most careful to cut film scenes showing interracial violence or crime.
Academic text (2005) -
As soon as the protests started there, China's censors began an unprecedented attack on social media.
Academic text (2015) -
What has the censor got to do with it?
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The problem would be getting it past the censor.
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I am the censor, and I will not allow this costume on the air.
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I confess that I became the censor of my daughter's history.
Fiction book (1996) -
And the job of the Council of Censors was to evaluate all aspects of government action.
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I'm afraid we're going to have a little problem with the censors.
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Overall, however, censors proved quite tolerant of Hollywood's depiction of Portugal.
Academic text (2017) -
Fiorello LaGuardia, New York City's first Italian-American mayor, had to reassure the censors on the innocuous content of the song.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
A person who removes obscene or offensive parts from a text
A person who removes offensive parts from a book or play
A person who stops people from saying or sharing ideas and facts
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Etymology
The word censor comes from a Roman official called the censor, who 'counted' people and 'checked' their morals, and it is the same root as census, 'a count of people'. So a censor today is someone who checks books or films and removes parts people find wrong or offensive.