English-Thai Dictionary

censor

N คน จับผิด  faultfinder kon-jab-phid

 

censor

N ผู้ควบคุม ความประพฤติ  phu-kuab-kum-kwam-pra-pared

 

censor

N เจ้าหน้าที่ ตรวจสอบ  inspector judge jao-na-ti-truad-sob

 

censor

VT ตรวจสอบ  examine truad-sob

 

censor

VT ตัดออก ด้วย อำนาจ ของ ผู้ตรวจสอบ  ห้าม ออกอากาศ  ban forbid tad-ook-duai-am-nad-kong-phu-truad-sob

 

censorial

ADJ ที่ ตรวจสอบ  ti-truad-sob

 

censorious

ADJ ที่ พยายาม มองหา ข้อผิดพลาด อยู่ เสมอ  faultfinding carping ti-pa-ya-yam-mong-ha-kor-pid-plad yu samoe

 

censorship

N การ เซ็นเซอร์  การ ตรวจสอบ สื่อ ต่างๆ  เพื่อ ตัด ส่วน ที่ ไม่เหมาะสม ออก  censoring licensing kan-sen-sor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CENSOR

n. 1. An officer, in ancient Rome, whose business was to register the effects of the citizens, to impose taxes according to the property which each man possessed, and to inspect the manners of the citizens, with power to censure vice and immorality, by inflicting a public mark of ignominy on the offender.
2. One who is empowered to examine all manuscripts and books, before they are committed to the press, and to see that they contain nothing heretical or immoral.
3. One who is given to censure.

 

CENSORIAL, CENSORIAN

a. 1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals; as, censorial power.
2. Full of censure; See Censorious, the proper word.

 

CENSORIOUS

a. 1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; often implying ill-nature, illiberality, or uncharitableness; as a censorious critic.
2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.

 

CENSORIOUSLY

adv. In a censorious manner.

 

CENSORIOUSNESS

n. 1. Disposition to blame and condemn; the habit o censuring or reproaching.
2. The quality of being censorious.

 

CENSORSHIP

n.The office or dignity of a censor; the time during which a censor holds his office.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CENSOR

Cen "sor, n. Etym: [L. censor, fr. censere to value, tax. ]

 

1. (Antiq.)

 

Defn: One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

 

2. One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.

 

3. One given to fault-finding; a censurer. Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve. Rambler.

 

4. A critic; a reviewer. Received with caution by the censors of the press. W. Irving.

 

CENSORIAL

CENSORIAL Cen *so "ri *al, a.

 

1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals. Junius.

 

2. Full of censure; censorious. The censorial declamation of Juvenal. T. Warton.

 

CENSORIAN

CENSORIAN Cen *so "ri *an, a.

 

Defn: Censorial. [R.] Bacon.

 

CENSORIOUS

Cen *so "ri *ous, a. Etym: [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See Censor. ]

 

1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners. A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors. Watts.

 

2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks.

 

Syn. -- Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe; condemnatory; hypercritical. -- Cen *so "ri *ous *ly, adv. -- Cen *so "ri *ous *ness, n.

 

CENSORSHIP

CENSORSHIP Cen "sor *ship, n.

 

Defn: The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. Holland. The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship. Macaulay.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

censor

cen sor |ˈsensər ˈsɛnsər | ▶noun 1 an official who examines material that is about to be released, such as books, movies, news, and art, and suppresses any parts that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. • Psychoanalysis an aspect of the superego that is said to prevent certain ideas and memories from emerging into consciousness. [from a mistranslation of German Zensur ‘censorship, ’ coined by Freud. ] 2 (in ancient Rome ) either of two magistrates who held censuses and supervised public morals. ▶verb [ with obj. ] examine (a book, movie, etc. ) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it: my mail was being censored. DERIVATIVES cen so ri al |senˈsôrēəl |adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent. ( sense 2 of the noun ): from Latin, from censere ‘assess. ’ usage: Both censor and censure are used as both verbs and nouns, but censor means ‘scrutinize, revise, or cut unacceptable parts from (a book, movie, etc. )’ or ‘a person who does this, ’ while censure means ‘criticize harshly ’ or ‘harsh criticism ’: the inmates received their mail only after prison officials had censored all the contents; some senators considered a resolution of censure to express strong disapproval of the president's behavior.

 

censorious

cen so ri ous |senˈsôrēəs sɛnˈsɔriəs | ▶adjective severely critical of others: modest, charitable in his judgments, never censorious, Jim carried tolerance almost too far. DERIVATIVES cen so ri ous ly adverb, cen so ri ous ness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin censorius (from censor ‘magistrate ’) + -ious .

 

censorship

cen sor ship |ˈsensərˌSHip ˈsɛnsərˌʃɪp | ▶noun the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc. , and suppressing unacceptable parts: details of the visit were subject to military censorship.

 

Oxford Dictionary

censor

cen ¦sor |ˈsɛnsə | ▶noun 1 an official who examines books, films, news, etc. that are about to be published and suppresses any parts that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security. • Psychoanalysis an aspect of the superego which is said to prevent certain ideas and memories from emerging into consciousness. [from a mistranslation of German Zensur ‘censorship ’, coined by Freud. ] 2 (in ancient Rome ) either of two magistrates who held censuses and supervised public morals. ▶verb [ with obj. ] examine (a book, film, etc. ) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it. DERIVATIVES censorial |-ˈsɔːrɪəl |adjective, censorship noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the noun ): from Latin, from censere ‘assess ’. usage: For an explanation of the difference between censor and censure, see usage at censure .

 

censorious

censorious |sɛnˈsɔːrɪəs | ▶adjective severely critical of others: censorious champions of morality. DERIVATIVES censoriously adverb, censoriousness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin censorius (from censor ‘magistrate ’) + -ious .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

censor

censor noun the film censors: expurgator, bowdlerizer; examiner, inspector, editor. ▶verb letters home were censored: cut, delete parts of, make cuts in, blue-pencil; edit, expurgate, bowdlerize, sanitize; informal clean up. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS censor, censure Both censor and censure are both verbs and nouns, but censor means 'to scrutinize, revise, or cut unacceptable parts (from a book, movie, etc. )' or 'a person who does this, ' while censure means 'to criticize harshly' or 'harsh criticism: ' the DJ won't play the censored tracks; some senators considered a resolution of censure to express strong disapproval of the president's behavior. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

censorious

censorious adjective the appointment of censorious watchdogs over the broadcasters: hypercritical, overcritical, fault-finding, disapproving, condemnatory, denunciatory, deprecatory, disparaging, reproachful, reproving, censuring, captious, carping, sitting in judgment. ANTONYMS complimentary.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

censor

censor noun the film censors: expurgator, bowdlerizer; examiner, inspector, editor. ▶verb letters home from the front line were censored: cut, delete, delete parts of, make cuts in, blue-pencil; examine, inspect; edit, make changes to; make acceptable, expurgate, bowdlerize, sanitize; informal clean up; rare redact.

 

censorious

censorious adjective the appointment of censorious watchdogs over the broadcasters: hypercritical, overcritical, severely critical, disapproving, condemnatory, condemning, castigatory, denunciatory, deprecatory, disparaging, unforgiving, reproachful, reproving, censuring, captious, fault-finding, carping, cavilling, full of reproof, vituperative. ANTONYMS complimentary, approving.

 

Spanish Dictionary

censor, -ra

censor, -ra adjetivo 1 Que censura :actitud censora .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que tiene inclinación a criticar a los demás :el Estado se erigía en censor de la moral y pretendía imponer pautas de comportamiento privadas .3 nombre masculino y femenino Persona encargada por la autoridad de examinar las publicaciones, otras obras o noticias destinadas al público y de someterlas a las modificaciones, supresiones y prohibiciones necesarias para que se ajusten a lo permitido por dicha autoridad :las bandas debían someter sus canciones a la aprobación de un censor .4 nombre masculino Magistrado de la antigua Roma que se encargaba de realizar los censos de población y de velar por la moralidad de las costumbres .5 Que vigila el buen funcionamiento de unos principios :censor de cuentas .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

censor

cen sor /sénsə r /動詞 他動詞 〈出版物 映画 手紙 〉を検閲する ; …を検閲して (不適切な箇所を )削除する .名詞 1 C (出版物 映画 手紙などの )検閲官, 検閲当局 .2 C あら探しする人, 酷評家 .3 C (古代ローマの )監察官 〘市民調査と風紀の取り締まりを行った 〙.4 U 〘心 〙検閲 〘無意識の考えや願望を意識させないようにする精神的防壁 〙.

 

censorious

cen so ri ous /sensɔ́ːriəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠(他人に対して )批判的な, あら探しをする, 口うるさい .～ly 副詞

 

censorship

cen sor ship /sénsə r ʃɪ̀p /名詞 U 1 検閲 (の作業 [職務 ]).2 ＝censor 4 .

 

censorware

c é nsor w à re 名詞 U 〘コンピュ 〙検閲ソフトウエア 〘インターネットで未成年者が見られるウェブサイトを制限する 〙.