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censor

verb

  1. to edit so as to block the truth
L313564 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. person that checks media for the prohibited material
L313565 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnsə/ / /ˈsɛnsɚ/

noun

Etymology: From an incorrect translation of German Zensur (“censorship”).

  1. A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.

verb

Etymology: The 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”). The verb is derived from the noun.

  1. To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).

    The people responsible for censoring films have seen some startling things in their time.

    Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance

  2. To partially obscure an observation.

    Early dropout is one cause of right-censoring.