Censor
noun
A person or group that examines books, movies, or other media to remove anything regarded as harmful or unacceptable.
The government hired a censor to review the content of TV shows before broadcasting.
Often appears as...
- act as a censor
- government censor
verb
To examine and remove parts deemed harmful or unacceptable from books, movies, or other media.
The newspaper article was heavily censored before it was allowed to be published.
Often appears as...
- censor information
- censor the media
noun
An official in ancient Rome responsible for public morality.
In ancient Rome, a censor held an important role in maintaining public morality.
Often appears as...
- roman censor
- censor's role
Usage tips
Historical
noun
A person or group that examines books, movies, or other media to remove anything regarded as harmful or unacceptable.
The government hired a censor to review the content of TV shows before broadcasting.
Often appears as...
- act as a censor
- government censor
verb
To examine and remove parts deemed harmful or unacceptable from books, movies, or other media.
The newspaper article was heavily censored before it was allowed to be published.
Often appears as...
- censor information
- censor the media
noun
An official in ancient Rome responsible for public morality.
In ancient Rome, a censor held an important role in maintaining public morality.
Often appears as...
- roman censor
- censor's role
Usage tips
Historical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Negative
Censorship can be protective, such as editing content for children's TV to remove inappropriate material.
The cartoon was censored to be suitable for a younger audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Figures
Censors usually represent an authority, like a government body or a regulating committee.
The board of censors decided that the film was not appropriate for audiences under 18.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is censored can vary greatly between different cultures and countries.
The film passed without cuts in Europe but was heavily censored in some other countries.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Negative
Censorship can be protective, such as editing content for children's TV to remove inappropriate material.
The cartoon was censored to be suitable for a younger audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Figures
Censors usually represent an authority, like a government body or a regulating committee.
The board of censors decided that the film was not appropriate for audiences under 18.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is censored can vary greatly between different cultures and countries.
The film passed without cuts in Europe but was heavily censored in some other countries.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Negative
Censorship can be protective, such as editing content for children's TV to remove inappropriate material.
The cartoon was censored to be suitable for a younger audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Figures
Censors usually represent an authority, like a government body or a regulating committee.
The board of censors decided that the film was not appropriate for audiences under 18.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
What is censored can vary greatly between different cultures and countries.
The film passed without cuts in Europe but was heavily censored in some other countries.
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Our buggy moral code -...
of the room and paid themselves on the ball of money that had over a hundred dollars you would expect it as the probability of being caught goes down people would cheat more but again this was not the case again a lot of people cheated by just by a little bit and they were uncensored to these economic consent so we said if people are not sensitive
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It's not fair having 12...
about what they don't know, or don't understand, or is foreign to them. They only learn to be frightened of those differences when an adult influences them to behave that way, and maybe censors that natural curiosity, or you know, reins in the question-asking in the hopes of them being polite little kids.
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Where does creativity...
if I said anything that was a lie, or not true to universal creativity. And I've done it this way for half the audience, who is scientific. When I say we, I don't mean you, necessarily; I mean me, and my right brain, my left brain and the one that's in between that is the censor
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How the mysterious dark...
more decentralized, harder to censor, and more customer-friendly. Let's take the payment system. You don't pay with your credit card, of course -- that would lead directly back to you. So you use the crypto-currency bitcoin, which is easily exchanged for real-world currencies
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What happens to people...
it's allowed only a single visit by human rights organizations. Journalists are routinely denied entry. Mail is censored. And even when rare family visits occur, they're monitored by an unseen government official who can cut the visit off without notice
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Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
paralysis the cockroach and then it snakes its stinger into the brain of the cockroach where it has special censors so that it can grope around the brain and find exactly the part that is responsible for generating the motivation for movement.
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A free world needs...
But it is incompatible with intolerance. Let us not become our own censors in the name of political correctness. We need to stand up, we need to push back, because if we don't, we will wake up tomorrow in a sanitized world,
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Kimberley Motley: How I...
and they reversed their exile order of him. If you censor one journalist, then it intimidates others, and soon nations are silenced. It's important that we protect our journalists and freedom of the press,
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Ai Weiwei detained. Here...
are very much in digging of truth facts which mostly are covered by the government medias so my blog has been censored and also I'm constantly under civilians you know in front of my studio
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Art + activism =...
should all be citizen because dignity has no nationality but these days objects cross borders with more rights and protection than people immigrants are censored they can be complete as
Video examples
Our buggy moral code -...
of the room and paid themselves on the ball of money that had over a hundred dollars you would expect it as the probability of being caught goes down people would cheat more but again this was not the case again a lot of people cheated by just by a little bit and they were uncensored to these economic consent so we said if people are not sensitive
Video examples
It's not fair having 12...
about what they don't know, or don't understand, or is foreign to them. They only learn to be frightened of those differences when an adult influences them to behave that way, and maybe censors that natural curiosity, or you know, reins in the question-asking in the hopes of them being polite little kids.
Video examples
Where does creativity...
if I said anything that was a lie, or not true to universal creativity. And I've done it this way for half the audience, who is scientific. When I say we, I don't mean you, necessarily; I mean me, and my right brain, my left brain and the one that's in between that is the censor
Video examples
How the mysterious dark...
more decentralized, harder to censor, and more customer-friendly. Let's take the payment system. You don't pay with your credit card, of course -- that would lead directly back to you. So you use the crypto-currency bitcoin, which is easily exchanged for real-world currencies
Video examples
What happens to people...
it's allowed only a single visit by human rights organizations. Journalists are routinely denied entry. Mail is censored. And even when rare family visits occur, they're monitored by an unseen government official who can cut the visit off without notice
Video examples
Zombie Parasites PIPE Nat...
paralysis the cockroach and then it snakes its stinger into the brain of the cockroach where it has special censors so that it can grope around the brain and find exactly the part that is responsible for generating the motivation for movement.
Video examples
A free world needs...
But it is incompatible with intolerance. Let us not become our own censors in the name of political correctness. We need to stand up, we need to push back, because if we don't, we will wake up tomorrow in a sanitized world,
Video examples
Kimberley Motley: How I...
and they reversed their exile order of him. If you censor one journalist, then it intimidates others, and soon nations are silenced. It's important that we protect our journalists and freedom of the press,
Video examples
Ai Weiwei detained. Here...
are very much in digging of truth facts which mostly are covered by the government medias so my blog has been censored and also I'm constantly under civilians you know in front of my studio
Video examples
Art + activism =...
should all be citizen because dignity has no nationality but these days objects cross borders with more rights and protection than people immigrants are censored they can be complete as
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Quote examples
Gillian Flynn
American Author
The funny thing, I guess, is that my husband ended up being the muse of a book about the worst marriage in the world, because if he hadn't consistently said, 'Don't censor yourself, don't worry about me' - if he'd been anxious and worried about it - then it would never have gotten written.
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Pearl Cleage
American Author
When you sit down to write, you have to be prepared to strip all of those voices away, all of the censors away, and talk about what you think the truth is, which I think is really the task of the writer - to get to the truth.
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Sharyl Attkisson
American Journalist
My own view is that only under very limited circumstances, and on a case-by-case basis, should we make advance policy decisions to artificially minimize information or censor it from the public's view.
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Eva Longoria
American Actress
I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.
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Timothy Murphy
American Politician
A system of cameras and censors are used along the border and interior to help detect the movement of illegal immigrants crossing through the dense brush.
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Emily Blunt
British Actress
When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.
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Scott Thompson
Canadian Comedian
My feeling with my characters is that they all have a right to feel exactly the way that they do, so I never censor them. I don't judge them.
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Judy Blume
American Author
When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!
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Natti Natasha
Dominican Musician
In my music, I'm uncensored, which has helped me stand out as a female artist.
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Grimes
Canadian Musician
I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.
Quote examples
Gillian Flynn
American Author
The funny thing, I guess, is that my husband ended up being the muse of a book about the worst marriage in the world, because if he hadn't consistently said, 'Don't censor yourself, don't worry about me' - if he'd been anxious and worried about it - then it would never have gotten written.
Quote examples
Pearl Cleage
American Author
When you sit down to write, you have to be prepared to strip all of those voices away, all of the censors away, and talk about what you think the truth is, which I think is really the task of the writer - to get to the truth.
Quote examples
Sharyl Attkisson
American Journalist
My own view is that only under very limited circumstances, and on a case-by-case basis, should we make advance policy decisions to artificially minimize information or censor it from the public's view.
Quote examples
Eva Longoria
American Actress
I don't regret anything I ever do or say. I don't like to live my life being censored. I like to say what I feel, and I think people respect that because you're honest.
Quote examples
Timothy Murphy
American Politician
A system of cameras and censors are used along the border and interior to help detect the movement of illegal immigrants crossing through the dense brush.
Quote examples
Emily Blunt
British Actress
When you're in love, you're so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.
Quote examples
Scott Thompson
Canadian Comedian
My feeling with my characters is that they all have a right to feel exactly the way that they do, so I never censor them. I don't judge them.
Quote examples
Judy Blume
American Author
When I lock myself up to write, I cannot allow myself to think about the censor or the reviewer or anyone but my characters and their story!
Quote examples
Natti Natasha
Dominican Musician
In my music, I'm uncensored, which has helped me stand out as a female artist.
Quote examples
Grimes
Canadian Musician
I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.
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