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Censure vs. Censor

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Censurenoun

The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.

Censornoun

(history) A Roman magistrate, originally a census administrator, by Classical times a high judge of public behavior and morality.

‘The Ancient censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors.’;

Censurenoun

An official reprimand.

Censornoun

An official responsible for the removal of objectionable or sensitive content.

‘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.’;

Censurenoun

Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

Censornoun

One who censures or condemns.

Censurenoun

(obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

Censornoun

(psychology) A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious.

Censureverb

To criticize harshly.

Censorverb

(transitive) To review in order to remove objectionable content from correspondence or public media, either by legal criteria or with discretionary powers.

‘The man responsible for censoring films has seen some things in his time.’;

Censureverb

To formally rebuke.

Censorverb

(transitive) To remove objectionable content.

‘''Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance’;

Censureverb

(obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

Censornoun

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

Censurenoun

Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.

‘Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.’;

Censornoun

One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; - an official in some European countries.

Censurenoun

The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.

‘Both the censure and the praise were merited.’;

Censornoun

One given to fault-finding; a censurer.

‘Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve.’;

Censurenoun

Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

‘Excommunication or other censure of the church.’;

Censornoun

A critic; a reviewer.

‘Received with caution by the censors of the press.’;

Censureverb

To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.

Censornoun

a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

Censureverb

To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.

‘I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.’;

Censorverb

forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

Censureverb

To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence.

Censorverb

subject to political, religious, or moral censorship;

‘This magazine is censored by the government’;

Censureverb

To judge.

Censurenoun

harsh criticism or disapproval

Censurenoun

the state of being excommunicated

Censureverb

rebuke formally

Censureverb

express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement

‘the company was heavily censured by inspectors from the Department of Trade’; ‘shareholders censured the bank for its extravagance’;

Censurenoun

the formal expression of severe disapproval

‘two MPs were singled out for censure’; ‘despite episcopal censures, the practice continued’;

Censure

A censure is an expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism. In parliamentary procedure, it is a debatable main motion that could be adopted by a majority vote.

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