censorial

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛnˈsɔɹi.əl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

censorial (comparative more censorial, superlative most censorial)

1. Relating to a censor.
   • 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son

     Nothing less than the relation between you and me can possibly authorize that freedom; but fortunately for you, my parental rights, joined to my censorial powers, give it me in its fullest extent, and my concern for you will make me exert it.

   • 1888, Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887

     The printing department has no censorial powers. It is bound to print all that is offered it, ...

2. Relating to censorship.
   • 1986 February 8, K.L. Ratliff, “Exit, Stage Right”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 29, page 5:

     Pornography is not the real issue, abuse is. If Ms. Dworkin were serious, she would admit that this is the real thrust of her argument. Instead, she regularly slanders women and proposes prohibitive and censorial legislation.

Translations

relating to a censor

• Finnish: sensuuri- (fi)
• French: censorial (fr)
• Italian: censoriale

Anagrams

• acroleins, carolines, Locarnise, Ercolanis, iron scale, loniceras, sarcoline, Carolines, locarnise, Creolians

French

Adjective

censorial (feminine censoriale, masculine plural censoriaux, feminine plural censoriales)

1. censorial

Further reading

• “censorial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.