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Censor | Censorship | Censored | Censors | Censoring | Censori | Censorial | Censorious | Censoriae

Censor meaning

  1. One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
  2. A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials.
  3. An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.

Synonyms of Censor

person illegalise illegalize criminalise criminalize outlaw ban functionary official soul mortal somebody someone individual measure

Related words

Other words often associated with Censor or its synonyms:

being organism disallow interdict decriminalize veto prohibit decriminalise proscribe cause forbid legalize

Using Censor

  • The main meaning on this page is: One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality. | A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials. | An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.
  • Useful related words include: person, illegalise, illegalize, criminalise.
  • In the example corpus, censor often appears in combinations such as: to censor, the censor, censor board.

Context around Censor

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

states 1× member 1× self 1×

Often after:

board 3× speech 2× books 2× communications 1× main 1× blacklist 1× misinformation 1× conservative 1× hateful 1×

Sentence patterns with Censor

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

office of censor 2× 10 member censor board has 1× and the censor into a 1× ban or censor books 1× be in censor board 1× censor main after 1× china we censor our movies 1× companies that censor conservative voices 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 10 member 1× a cambridge university 1× after its involvement 1× all across red 1× although many states 1× anurag kashyap shared 1×

Common sentence endings:

office of censor 2× capital of beijing 1× censor conservative voices 1× companies among republicans 1× concerning the pandemic 1× in censor board 1×

Words around Censor

Just before it in the word index:

censky 2 censis 3 censer 6 censed 2 cense 2 cenro 4

Just after it in the word index:

censored 196 censori 34 censoriae 3 censorial 11 censoring 73 censorinus 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

annapolis 250 browsers 250 clears 250 comprehension 250 correlated 250 correspondents 250

Corpus analysis for Censor

  • In this selection, "censor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, states, member, self, board, speech and books stand out and add context to how "censor" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include office of censor and 10 member censor board has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "censor" sits close to words such as annapolis, browsers and clears, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with censor

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

We censor our games for China, we censor our movies for China. (12 words)

He said the bill is not intended to ban or censor books. (12 words)

For instance, in March 2020, Twitter Safety announced that it would censor misinformation concerning the pandemic. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Yet if those who question it are truly extreme and on a mission to censor speech and “ban books,” then why is it that those promoting the material go out of their way to censor it so heavily themselves? (39 words)

After its involvement in the farcical Russia hoax and its coercion of Twitter and Facebook to censor The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election, nobody trusts the FBI not to keep lying to protect itself. (39 words)

Eder (2005), 30. There was no precedent within the Roman system for combining the powers of the tribune and the censor into a single position, nor was Augustus ever elected to the office of censor. (35 words)

Question examples

Yet if those who question it are truly extreme and on a mission to censor speech and “ban books,” then why is it that those promoting the material go out of their way to censor it so heavily themselves? (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

Yet if those who question it are truly extreme and on a mission to censor speech and “ban books,” then why is it that those promoting the material go out of their way to censor it so heavily themselves?

Dork Gently: Yes, Twitter made big trouble for itself by jumping for a dumb excuse to censor the NYPost stories when it didn't censor a ton of earlier stories.

We censor our games for China, we censor our movies for China.

Although many states censor communications to different extents, they all share one commonality in that a body must decide what information to censor and what information to allow.

Censor main After a term as consul, the final step in the Cursus Honorum was the office of censor.

Eder (2005), 30. There was no precedent within the Roman system for combining the powers of the tribune and the censor into a single position, nor was Augustus ever elected to the office of censor.

A 10-member censor board has been constituted under the chairmanship of Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati to check defamation of Hindu traditions.

A Cambridge University Library spokesman told MailOnline: 'Cambridge University Libraries do not censor, blacklist or remove content unless the content is illegal under UK law.

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After its involvement in the farcical Russia hoax and its coercion of Twitter and Facebook to censor The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story before the 2020 election, nobody trusts the FBI not to keep lying to protect itself.

All across red states, rightwing activists are pressuring school districts to censor books and – scarily – they’re succeeding.

And that was actually New York Times v. Sullivan, often to protect, frankly, the Civil Rights movement, or anti-Vietnam protestors saying you can’t just censor speech if it is provocative.

Anurag Kashyap shared his two cents on Pankaj Tripathi and Akshay Kumar-starrer OMG 2 getting an A certificate from the censor board.

At the same time, networks pushing for deregulation wanted to show that they could self-censor and that FCC oversight wasn’t necessary.

Even then, the government tried to censor the fact that the virus was spreading in the capital of Beijing.

For instance, in March 2020, Twitter Safety announced that it would censor misinformation concerning the pandemic.

He said the bill is not intended to ban or censor books.

If they don’t have knowledge of Hindu religion, then they don’t have the right to be in censor board.

Meanwhile, the publication of the that revealed efforts to censor and blacklist conservative accounts might have played a role in the unpopularity of the large technology companies among Republicans.

Of course, Biden has stacked his administration — including the Justice Department — with insiders from Big Tech companies, the same companies that censor conservative voices.

One-third of Democrats (34%) think Americans have “too much freedom,” and 75% think government has a responsibility to censor “hateful” social media posts.

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Common combinations with censor

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "censor" in a sentence?
An example: "Yet if those who question it are truly extreme and on a mission to censor speech and “ban books,” then why is it that those promoting the material go out of their way to censor it so heavily themselves?" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "censor" from authentic English texts.
What does "censor" mean?
Censor means: One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
What are synonyms of "censor"?
Common synonyms of "censor" include: person, illegalise, illegalize, criminalise, criminalize, outlaw, ban, functionary. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "censor" are there?
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