precensor
sər noun
1.
an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military, or other grounds.
2.
any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
3.
an adverse critic; faultfinder.
4.
(in the ancient Roman republic) either of two officials who kept the register or census of the citizens, awarded public contracts, and supervised manners and morals.
verb (used with object)
6.
to examine and act upon as a censor.
7.
to delete (a word or passage of text) in one's capacity as a censor.
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Origin:
1525–35; < Latin cēnsor, equivalent to cēns(ēre) to give as one's opinion, recommend, assess + -tor -tor; -sor for *-stor by analogy with derivatives from dentals, as tōnsor barber (see tonsorial)
1525–35; < Latin cēnsor, equivalent to cēns(ēre) to give as one's opinion, recommend, assess + -tor -tor; -sor for *-stor by analogy with derivatives from dentals, as tōnsor barber (see tonsorial)
Related forms
cen·sor·a·ble, adjective
an·ti·cen·so·ri·al, adjective
non·cen·sored, adjective
o·ver·cen·sor, verb (used with object)
pre·cen·sor, verb (used with object)
re·cen·sor, verb (used with object)
un·cen·sor·a·ble, adjective
un·cen·sored, adjective
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censor (ˈsɛnsə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person authorized to examine publications, theatrical presentations, films, letters, etc, in order to suppress in whole or part those considered obscene, politically unacceptable, etc |
| 2. | any person who controls or suppresses the behaviour of others, usually on moral grounds |
| 3. | (in republican Rome) either of two senior magistrates elected to keep the list of citizens up to date, control aspects of public finance, and supervise public morals |
| 4. | psychoanal See also superego the postulated factor responsible for regulating the translation of ideas and desires from the unconscious to the conscious mind |
| —vb | |
| 5. | to ban or cut portions of (a publication, film, letter, etc) |
| 6. | to act as a censor of (behaviour, etc) |
| [C16: from Latin, from cēnsēre to consider, assess] | |
| 'censorable | |
| —adj | |
| censorial | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
censor
1531, Roman magistrate who took censuses and oversaw public morals, from L. censere "to appraise, value, judge," from PIE base *kens- "speak solemnly, announce." Transferred sense of "officious judge of morals and conduct" is from 1592; of books, plays, later films, etc., 1644. The verb is from 1882.
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Medical Dictionary
censor cen·sor (sěn'sər)
n.
The hypothetical agent in the unconscious mind that is responsible for suppressing unconscious thoughts and wishes.
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