censorial
US/ˌsɛnˈsɔɹi.əl/
censorial adjective: relating to a censor.
Adjective
censorial (comparative more censorial, superlative most censorial)
- Relating to a censor.
- 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.1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son
- The printing department has no censorial powers. It is bound to print all that is offered it, ...1888, Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887
- Relating to censorship.
- 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.1986 February 8, K.L. Ratliff, “Exit, Stage Right”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 29, page 5
Forms of censorial
| comparative | more censorial |
|---|---|
| superlative | most censorial |
Origin of censorial
From Latin cēnsōrius + -al. By surface analysis, censor + -ial.
Words that rhyme with censorial
- memorial
- monitorial
- territorial
- accessorial
- arboreal
- categorial
- equatorial
- factorial
- inquisitorial
- pictorial
- sartorial
- senatorial
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- tutorial
- accusatorial
- assessorial
- combinatorial
- conspiratorial
- corporeal
- cursorial
- dictatorial
- directorial
- editorial
- enchorial
- epichorial
- executorial
- grallatorial
- imperatorial
- incorporeal
- intracorporeal
- lavatorial
- marmoreal
- multifactorial
- observatorial
- piscatorial
- primorial
- promontorial
- proprietorial
- purgatorial
- rasorial
- responsorial
- saltatorial
- scansorial
- sectorial
- spectatorial
- suctorial
- tectorial
- uxorial
- vectorial
- advertorial
- agitatorial
- amatorial
- ambassadorial
- ambulatorial
- ancestorial
- armorial
- assertorial
- auctorial
- auditorial
- authorial
- boreal
Questions about censorial
- What does censorial mean?
- Censorial means relating to a censor.
- What part of speech is censorial?
- Censorial is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce censorial?
- Censorial is pronounced /ˌsɛnˈsɔɹi.əl/ (US).
Words near censorial in the dictionary
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