Censor may refer to:

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Censoring (statistics) In statistics, censoring is a condition in which the Value (mathematics), value of a measurement or observation is only partially known. For example, suppose a study is conducted to measure the impact of a drug on mortality rate. In such a study, ...

, the situation when the value of an observation is only partially known *

Censorship Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information. This may be done on the basis that such material is considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or "inconvenient". Censorship can be conducted by governmen ...

, the control of speech and other forms of human expression *

Census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, taken in Ancient Rome by a censor

People with the name

Cato the Elder Marcus Porcius Cato (, ; 234–149 BC), also known as Cato the Censor (), the Elder and the Wise, was a Roman soldier, Roman Senate, senator, and Roman historiography, historian known for his conservatism and opposition to Hellenization. He wa ...

, also known as Cato the Censor (Marcus Porcius Cato, 234–149 BC), a Roman statesman * Yair Censor (born 1943), Israeli mathematician

Organizations

*Censor, the police of the

Royal College of Physicians The Royal College of Physicians of London, commonly referred to simply as the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), is a British professional membership body dedicated to improving the practice of medicine, chiefly through the accreditation of ph ...

*Imperial

censorate The Censorate was a high-level supervisory agency in History of China#Imperial China, Imperial China, first established during the Qin dynasty (221–207 BC). It was a highly effective agency during the Mongols, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty ( ...

, a high-level supervisory agency in ancient China, whose duties involved criticizing other officials

Titles

* Censor (Christ Church, Oxford), a student of Christ Church, Oxford undertaking disciplinary duties assigned to deans of other colleges *Censor, the title of the head of the former Fitzwilliam House; see

List of Masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge This is a list of masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Fitzwilliam House, the body established in 1869 for non-collegiate students attached to the University of Cambridge, was presided over by a Censor. Once the non-collegiate system was end ...

*Censor of

St Cuthbert's Society St Cuthbert's Society, colloquially known as Cuth's, is a colleges of Durham University, college of Durham University. It was founded in 1888 for students who were not attached to the existing colleges. St Cuthbert's Society is a Bailey college, ...

, employed by University of Durham to oversee Society members *'' Censor Librorum'', an expert called on to advise the bishop of a diocese whether or not to grant an imprimatur * Chief Censor of New Zealand, the head of the government's Office of Film and Literature Classification *

Roman censor The censor was a magistrate in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government's finances. Established under the Roman Republic, power of the censor was lim ...

, a magistrate for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, etc.

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Censor'' (2001 film), a drama film written and directed by Dev Anand * ''Censor'' (2021 film), a horror film directed by Prano Bailey-Bond * "Censor" (song), a single released in 1988 by the band Skinny Puppy, renamed from its original title, "Dogshit"

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