noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsɛnsəʃɪp/
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General-American:/ˈsɛnsɚʃɪp/
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CMU ARPABET:S EH1 N S ER0 SH IH2 P
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent undesirable media from being published or propagated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: censoring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deletion
Narrower terms: Bowdlerism, Comstockery
4
noun
Meaning 4
counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: censoring, security review
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: counterintelligence
Narrower terms: military censorship, national censorship
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English censor Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English censorship From censor + -ship.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
censurë
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Amharic:
ሳንሱር
(sansur)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Arabic:
رَقَابَة
(raqāba)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Armenian:
գրաքննություն
(grakʻnnutʻyun)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Armenian:
ցենզուրա
(cʻenzura)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Azerbaijani:
senzura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Belarusian:
цэнзу́ра
(cenzúra)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Bengali:
বিবাচন
(bibacon)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Bulgarian:
цѐнзура
(cènzura)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Chinese Mandarin:
審查 /审查
(shěnchá)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Chinese Mandarin:
檢查 /检查
(jiǎnchá)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Czech:
cenzura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Danish:
censur
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Dutch:
censuur
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Esperanto:
cenzuro
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Estonian:
tsensuur
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Finnish:
sensuuri
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
French:
censure
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Georgian:
ცენზურა
(cenzura)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
German:
Zensur
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Greek:
λογοκρισία
(logokrisía)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Hebrew:
צֶנְזוּרָה
(tsenzurá)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Hindi:
सेंसरशिप
(sensarśip)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Hindi:
अभिवेचन
(abhivecan)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Hungarian:
cenzúra
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Indonesian:
penyensoran
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Italian:
censura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Japanese:
検閲
(ken'etsu)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Kazakh:
цензура
(senzura)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Korean:
검열
(geomnyeol)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Kyrgyz:
цензура
(tsenzura)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Latvian:
cenzūra
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Lithuanian:
cenzūra
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Macedonian:
цензу́ра
(cenzúra)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Malay:
penapisan
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Malay:
ڤناڤيسن
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Mongolian:
цензур
(cenzur)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Norwegian Bokmål:
sensur
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Occitan:
censura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Pashto:
سانسور
(sānsór)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Persian:
سانسور
(sânsur)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Polish:
cenzura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Portuguese:
censura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Romanian:
cenzură
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Russian:
цензу́ра
(cenzúra)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Scottish Gaelic:
caisgireachd
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Serbo-Croatian:
цензу́ра
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Serbo-Croatian:
cenzúra
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Slovak:
cenzúra
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Slovene:
cenzura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Spanish:
censura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Swedish:
censur
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Tajik:
сензура
(senzura)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Thai:
การเซ็นเซอร์
(gaan-sen-sə̂ə)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Turkish:
sansür
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Turkish:
sıkı denetim
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Turkmen:
senzura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Ukrainian:
цензу́ра
(cenzúra)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Uzbek:
tsenzura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Uzbek:
senzura
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Vietnamese:
kiểm duyệt
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
Yiddish:
צענזור
(tsenzur)
— use of state or group power to control freedom of expression
