censor

  • 11censor — censor, ra adjetivo y sustantivo crítico, murmurador, opinante. * * * Sinónimos: ■ interventor, examinador, corrector, dictaminador ■ murmurador, criti …

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  • 12censor — [v] forbid; ban; selectively remove abridge, blacklist, black out*, bleach, bleep*, blue pencil*, bowdlerize, clean up, conceal, control, cork*, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, drop the iron curtain*, edit, examine, excise, expurgate,… …

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  • 13censor — ► NOUN ▪ an official who examines material that is to be published and suppresses parts considered offensive or a threat to security. ► VERB ▪ suppress or remove unacceptable parts of (a book, film, etc.). DERIVATIVES censorship noun. ORIGIN… …

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  • 14censor — [sen′sər] n. [L < censere, to tax, value, judge < IE base * k̑ens, speak solemnly, announce > Sans ṡáṁsa, praise, prayer of praise] 1. one of two magistrates in ancient Rome appointed to take the census and, later, to supervise public… …

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  • 15censor — (Del lat. censor < censere, evaluar.) ► adjetivo/ sustantivo 1 Se dice de la persona que critica las acciones de los demás: ■ se manifiesta como un duro censor con los políticos de la oposición. SINÓNIMO criticón malpensado murmurador ►… …

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  • 16Censor — Dieser Artikel behandelt das altrömische Amt. Für den Zensor als jemanden, der Informationskontrolle ausübt, siehe Zensur (Informationskontrolle). Für den Plattenladen Zensor bzw. das gleichnamige Label siehe Zensor (Label). Als Censur… …

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  • 17censor — censorable, adj. censorial /sen sawr ee euhl, sohr /, censorian, adj. /sen seuhr/, n. 1. an official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of… …

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  • 18censor — {{11}}censor (n.) 1530s, Roman magistrate who took censuses and oversaw public morals, from L. censere to appraise, value, judge, from PIE root *kens speak solemnly, announce (Cf. Skt. Е›amsati recites, praises, Е›asa song of praise ).… …

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  • 19censor — I UK [ˈsensə(r)] / US [ˈsensər] verb [transitive] Word forms censor : present tense I/you/we/they censor he/she/it censors present participle censoring past tense censored past participle censored to remove parts of a book, film, letter etc for… …

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  • 20censor — censer, censor, censure 1. A censer (from an Anglo French root related to incense) is a vessel for burning incense; a censor (from a Latin word meaning ‘to assess’) is an official who decides on the suitability of films, plays, etc. for public… …

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