censure

== English == === Etymology === From 1350–1400 Middle English censure, from Old French, from Latin censūra (“censor's office or assessment”), from censēre (“to consider, to assess, to value, to judge, to tax, etc.”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ʃə/ (UK, now rare) IPA(key): /ˈsɛns.jʊə/, /ˈsɛn.ʃ(j)ʊə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ʃɚ/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsen.ʃə/ === Noun === censure (countable and uncountable, plural censures) The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension. Synonyms: admonishment, dispraise, disapprobation; see also Thesaurus:condemnation, Thesaurus:criticism Official reprimand. A judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment. Synonyms: discipline, punishment, sanction; see also Thesaurus:penalty (obsolete) A judgment (either favorable or unfavorable); an opinion. Synonyms: conclusion, idea, view; see also Thesaurus:judgement ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === censure (third-person singular simple present censures, present participle censuring, simple past and past participle censured) (transitive) To criticize harshly. Synonyms: castigate, excoriate, lay into; see also Thesaurus:criticize (transitive) To formally rebuke. Synonym: reprimand (obsolete, transitive) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. Synonyms: dub, esteem, look upon; see also Thesaurus:deem ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:criticize ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === References === “censure”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN. “censure”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. "censure" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003. === Anagrams === encurse == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɑ̃.syʁ/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin cēnsūra. ==== Noun ==== censure f (plural censures) censorship (politics) ellipsis of motion de censure (“confidence motion”) ===== Derived terms ===== motion de censure ===== Descendants ===== → Persian: سانسور (sânsur) → Turkish: sansür === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== censure inflection of censurer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “censure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === cénures == Galician == === Verb === censure inflection of censurar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈsu.re/ Rhymes: -ure Hyphenation: cen‧sù‧re === Noun === censure f plural of censura == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kẽːˈsuː.rɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [t͡ʃenˈsuː.re] === Participle === cēnsūre vocative masculine singular of cēnsūrus == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cen‧su‧re === Verb === censure inflection of censurar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θenˈsuɾe/ [θẽnˈsu.ɾe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /senˈsuɾe/ [sẽnˈsu.ɾe] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -uɾe Syllabification: cen‧su‧re === Verb === censure inflection of censurar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative