censur-, censor-

(Latin: to count, to reckon, to assess, to estimate, to value, to deem, to judge; judgment, criticism; Latin censura and French censure)

censive

censor, censored

censorate

censorial

censorian

censoring

1. Counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to an enemy.
2. Deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances.

censorious

1. Harshly critical or expressing censure.
2. Inclined or eager to criticize people or things.
3. Severely critical; faultfinding; carping.

censoriously

censoriousness

censorship

1. Counterintelligence achieved by banning or deleting any information of value to the enemy.
2. The deletion or suppression of all or part of a play, movie, letter, or publication considered offensive.
3. The suppression or attempted suppression of something regarded as objectionable.
4. In psychology, the prevention of disturbing or painful thoughts or feelings from reaching consciousness except in a disguised form.

censual

censurable

censurably

censure

census

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censur-, censor-

(Latin: to count, to reckon, to assess, to estimate, to value, to deem, to judge; judgment, criticism; Latin censura and French censure)

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