censure
See also: censuré
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ʃə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɛn.ʃɚ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsen.ʃə/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
editcensure (countable and uncountable, plural censures)
- The act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension.
- 1776, Edward Gibbon, chapter I, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:
- Censure, which arraigns the public actions and the private motives of princes, has ascribed to envy, a conduct which might be attributed to the prudence and moderation of Hadrian.
- 1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC:
- Both the censure and the praise were merited.
- An official reprimand.
- Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.
- c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], “The Prologue Spoken at Court”, in Tho[mas] Heywood, editor, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, , signature [A4], recto:
- He that hath past / So many Cenſures is novv come at laſt / To haue your princely Eares, grace you him; […]
- 1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]:
- [E]xcommunication […] being the chief ecclesiastical censure
- (obsolete) Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- Take each man's cenſure, but reſerve thy judgment.
Related terms
editTranslations
editthe act of blaming, criticizing, or condemning as wrong; reprehension
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an official reprimand
Verb
editcensure (third-person singular simple present censures, present participle censuring, simple past and past participle censured)
- To criticize harshly.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
- I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty.
- 1946 January and February, T. S. Lascelles, “A Series of False Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 43:
- The Woodwalton signalman, Rose, who was severely censured in Captain Tyler's report, behaved with great negligence.
- 1982 March 18, Eric J. Cassel[l], “The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 306, number 11, , page 642:
- Cultural norms and social rules regulate whether someone can be among others or will be isolated, whether the sick will be considered foul or acceptable, and whether they are to be pitied or censured.
- To formally rebuke.
- (obsolete) To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge.
- 1625, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Elder Brother. A Comedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:
- Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:reprehend
Related terms
editTranslations
editto criticize harshly
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to formally rebuke
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Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “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
editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editcensure f (plural censures)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editcensure
- inflection of censurer:
Further reading
edit- “censure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editGalician
editVerb
editcensure
- inflection of censurar:
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcensure f
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kenˈsuː.re/, [kẽːˈs̠uːrɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /t͡ʃenˈsu.re/, [t͡ʃenˈsuːre]
Participle
editcēnsūre
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: cen‧su‧re
Verb
editcensure
- inflection of censurar:
Spanish
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /θenˈsuɾe/ [θẽnˈsu.ɾe]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /senˈsuɾe/ [sẽnˈsu.ɾe]
- Rhymes: -uɾe
- Syllabification: cen‧su‧re
Verb
editcensure
- inflection of censurar:
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