censurecommon nounSyllable DecompositioncensureEtymologyexpandborrowed from Latin censura.Definitions1. Examination made by a government of books, newspapers, plays, etc., before allowing their publication or performance.expandétablir la censure.Abolir, rétablir la censure.censure préalable.censure dramatique.Passer à la censure.2. The body of persons charged with this examination.metonymyexpandLa censure ne permit pas l'insertion de cet article dans les journaux.Vers supprimés à la représentation par ordre de la censure.3. Correction, reprehension, prohibition of publication.expandSoumettre ses écrits à la censure de quelqu'un.Souffrir la censure.S'exposer à la censure.4. Media silence concerning a publication or information.expandcensure médiatique.5. In matters of dogma, a judgment that carries condemnation.expandLa censure que la Sorbonne fit de tel livre, de telle proposition.6. Excommunication, prohibition or suspension of ecclesiastical exercise and office.religionexpandIl a encouru la censure.7. Disciplinary penalty that bodies, orders, communities and deliberative assemblies pronounce against one of their members.expand8. Dignity and function of censor among the Romans.histoireexpandDurant la censure de Caton.PluralcensuresTranslationsenglish:censurechinese:审查制度korean:검열spanish:censurafinnish:sensuurigreek:λογοκρισίαjapanese:検閲See alsocensorat (cn.) censurable (adj.) censurer (v.) censorial (adj.)