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1.NounOne 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."The Ancient Roman censors were part of the cursus honorum, a series of public offices held during a political career, like consuls and praetors."
2.NounA high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials.
3.NounAn 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."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."
4.NounA college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
5.NounOne who censures or condemns.
6.NounAn algorithm that approves or rejects something on grounds of taste or morality etc."I tried using a dirty word as my user name for the online game, but the censor rejected it."
7.VerbTo 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)."The people responsible for censoring films have seen some startling things in their time.; Occupying powers typically censor anything reeking of resistance"
8.VerbTo partially obscure an observation."Early dropout is one cause of right-censoring."
9.NounA hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.