censure

  • 21censure — (san su r ) s. f. 1°   Dans l ancienne Rome, dignité et fonction de censeur. 2°   En langage ecclésiastique, improbation, condamnation de propositions, d ouvrages où il s agit de dogmes. Il y a eu une censure de la Sorbonne contre tel livre.… …

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  • 22censure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ public ▪ moral ▪ social ▪ official ▪ It was unavoidable that some artists would face official censure …

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  • 23censure — I n. bitter, strong; public censure II v. 1) to censure bitterly, strongly 2) (D; tr.) to censure as (they were censured as traitors) 3) (D; tr.) to censure for (the senator was censured for income tax evasion) * * * [ senʃə] public censure… …

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  • 24Censure —          BEAUMARCHAIS (Pierre Augustin Caron de)     Bio express : Écrivain et auteur dramatique français (1732 1799)     «Pourvu que je ne parle ni de l autorité, ni du culte, ni de la politique, ni de la morale, ni des gens en place, ni des… …

    Dictionnaire des citations politiques

  • 25censure — [[t]se̱nʃə(r)[/t]] censures, censuring, censured VERB If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it. [FORMAL] [V n] The ethics committee may take a decision to admonish him or to… …

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  • 26censure — {{11}}censure (n.) late 14c., from L. censura judgment, from census, pp. of censere (see CENSOR (Cf. censor) (n.)). {{12}}censure (v.) 1580s, from Fr. censurer (see CENSURE (Cf. censure) (n.)). Related: Censured; censuring …

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  • 27censure — [ sɛnʃə] verb express severe disapproval of; formally reprove. noun formal disapproval. Derivatives censurable adjective Origin ME: from OFr. censurer (v.), censure (n.), from L. censura judgement, assessment , from censere assess . Usage Censure …

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  • 28censure — I UK [ˈsenʃə(r)] / US [ˈsenʃər] noun [uncountable] formal severe criticism of someone a vote of censure II UK [ˈsenʃə(r)] / US [ˈsenʃər] verb [transitive] Word forms censure : present tense I/you/we/they censure he/she/it censures present… …

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  • 29censure — censurer, n. censureless, adj. /sen sheuhr/, n., v., censured, censuring. n. 1. strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal. 2. an official reprimand, as by a legislative body… …

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  • 30censure — cen|sure1 [ˈsenʃə US ər] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: censura, from censere; CENSUS] formal the act of expressing strong disapproval and criticism ▪ a vote of censure censure 2 censure2 v [T] formal to officially criticize someone for …

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