censor — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

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.

   Uso

   • Ancient-Rome
   • storico

   Sinonimi

   censorian

   Esempi

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

   And Nobly nam'd, ſo twice being Cenſor, / Was his great Anceſtor.

   Altri esempi (4)

   Neither [the Segetes Lustrantur and the Oves Lustrantur] are in this place, to be underſtood the Luſtra, which were wont to be Celebrated at Rome by the Cenſors, after the Cenſus of Citizens was made by a Sacrifice of the Suovetaurilia; for they had ceaſed long ago, as appeareth by what Cenſorinus writeth in his Book de Die Natali; at which time the Office of Cenſors also ceaſed, which ſome endeavoured, though in vain, to re-eſtabliſh.

   [page 110] [Justus] Lipſius divides the Duty of the Cenſors into two Heads; the Survey of the People, and the Cenſure of Manners. […] With respect to the latter part of their Office, they had the power to puniſh an Immorality in any Perſon, of what Order ſoever. […] [page 111] 'Tis very remarkable, that if one of the Cenſors died, no body was ſubſtituted in his room 'till the next Luſtrum, and his Partner was oblig'd to quit his Office; becauſe the Death of a Cenſor happen'd juſt before the ſacking of Rome by the Gauls, and was ever after accounted highly ominous and unfortunate.

   At the head of his victorious legions, in his reign over the ſea and land, from the Nile and Euphrates to the Atlantic ocean, Auguſtus proclaimed himſelf the ſervant of the ſtate and the equal of his fellow-citizens. The conqueror of Rome and her provinces aſſumed the popular and legal form of a cenſor, a conſul, and a tribune.

   The Censors were always two in number, and were originally chosen from the Patricians exclusively. In B.C. 351, we find for the first time a Plebeian Censor, G[aius] Marcius Rutilus. In B.C. 339, a Lex Publilia was passed by Q[uintus] Publilius Philo when Dictator, enacting that at least one of the Censors must be a Plebeian.

2. A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials.

   Uso

   • Ancient-China
   • storico

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.

   Esempi

   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.

   Altri esempi (1)

   There being a censor of public morals I will refrain from giving that worthy warrior's reply when he had digested this astounding piece of information; it is sufficient to say that it did not encourage further conversation, nor did it soothe our hero's nerves.

4. A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.

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   Altri esempi (1)

   During his [Theophilus Higgons's] reſidence in the ſaid houſe [Christ Church, Oxford], he was eſteemed a Perſon to be much ſtained with Puritaniſme, and to be violent againſt all ſuch that were ſuſpected to favour the Romiſh See. When he was Cenſor alſo, he was ſo zealous as to ſaw down a harmleſs maypole ſtanding within the precincts of the ſaid houſe, becauſe forſooth he thought it came out of a Romiſh Foreſt.

5. One who censures or condemns.

   Uso

   • obsoleto

   Sinonimi

   censurer

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   Why that character [of the English Revolution] was so peculiar is sufficiently obvious, and yet seems not to have been always understood either by eulogists or by censors.

6. An algorithm that approves or rejects something on grounds of taste or morality etc.

   Esempi

   I tried using a dirty word as my user name for the online game, but the censor rejected it.

Verbo

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).

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   bowdlerizeexpurgateexpungeredact

   Contrari

   decensor

   Esempi

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

   Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance

   Altri esempi (1)

   Ganley is in hourly dread of every message that comes into your wireless-room. He insists on censoring anything that might betray him.

2. To partially obscure an observation.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   Early dropout is one cause of right-censoring.

Sostantivo

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

   Uso

   • transitivo

Sostantivo

1. someone who censures or condemns

   Termini più generali

   actordoerworker

2. 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

   Termini più generali

   officialfunctionary

Verbo

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

   Sinonimi

   ban

   Termini più generali

   outlawcriminalizecriminaliseillegalizeillegalise

2. subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

   Termini più generali

   measureevaluatevaluateassessappraisevalue

   Esempi

   This magazine is censored by the government