Definition
Officials who examine books, films, or speech to remove content deemed inappropriate, or to suppress or remove such content.
Etymology
From Latin 'censor,' originally a Roman official who counted citizens and reviewed public morals. The word evolved from a title of authority to mean one who judges and suppresses content.
Kelly Says
Roman censors were so powerful they could literally remove you from citizenship and erase your name from records—modern censorship is much gentler, but it carries that same ancient weight of official judgment about what's acceptable!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
መንግሥት ምላሽ
men-gis-t mi-lash
ARالعربية
مراقبون
muraqibun
CACatalà
censoren
sen-so-ren
CSČeština
cenzory
cen-so-ry
DADansk
censorer
sen-so-rer
DEDeutsch
Zensoren
tsen-so-ren
ELΕλληνικά
καταγγελτές
kata-ngel-tes
ESEspañol
censuradores
sen-soo-rah-do-res
FISuomi
sensuuri
sen-soo-ree
FRFrançais
censores
san-so-reh
HEעברית
מבקרים
me-ba-ke-rim
HIहिन्दी
निगरानीकर्ता
ni-ga-ra-nee-karta
HUMagyar
censorok
cen-so-rok
IDBahasa Indonesia
penyelenggara
pen-ye-len-gar-ah
ITItaliano
censori
chen-so-ree
KKKK
жауапкершілік
jaw-ap-ker-shi-lik
KMKM
ការប្រឆាំង
ka-ra-bra-cha-ng
MRMR
सर्वेक्षण
sar-vekshan
MSBahasa Melayu
penghalang
pen-ga-lang
MYမြန်မာ
censorship
cen-soor-ship
NLNederlands
censoren
sen-so-ren
NONorsk
censorer
sen-so-rer
PLPolski
cenzorzy
cen-zor-zy
PTPortuguês
censore
sen-so-reh
RORomână
cenzori
cen-zo-ree
RUРусский
цензуристы
tsen-zoo-ri-sty
SVSvenska
censorer
sen-so-rer
SWKiswahili
wataalamu
wa-ta-a-la-mu
TAதமிழ்
பார்வையாளர்கள்
paar-vai-yaal-argal
TEతెలుగు
సెన్సార్
sen-sar
THไทย
ผู้ตรวจสอบ
phoo-dtor-sob
TLTL
mga tagapag-utos
mga ta-ga-pa-gu-tos
TRTürkçe
sansürörler
san-soor-or-ler
UKУкраїнська
цензурники
tsen-zoo-r-ny-ky
VITiếng Việt
người kiểm duyệt
nguoi-kiem-duyet
ZUZU
abantu abaphathi
a-ban-too a-ba-pa-thi