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What does censure mean?
Censure is passionate or intense criticism, as in Many countries were united in their censure of the nation responsible for the nuclear disaster.
Censure can also refer to an official condemnation or reprimand, especially by a legislative body to one of its members, as in The lawyer’s terrible conduct earned him a censure from the judge.
As a verb, censure means to intensely and harshly criticize something, as in The governor was censured by the media for his incredibly poor handling of the state’s hurricane response.
Censure could be confused with the similarly spelled words censer, censor, and sensor. A censer is a container that holds burning incense. A censor is a person who looks for unacceptable or immoral material in media or creative works. A sensor is a device that sends a signal in reaction to environmental conditions.
Example: The musician faced intense censure from other artists after stealing melodies and their career never recovered from the backlash.
Where does censure come from?
The first records of censure come from around 1350. It ultimately comes from the Latin cēnsēre, meaning “to consider” or “to assess.” In the case of censure, a person has considered the actions of someone else and has come to an incredibly negative assessment of them.
Censure is a synonym of such words as criticize, scold, rebuff, and chastise. However, censure is often specifically used to mean that the criticism is incredibly severe and negative. The word censure often implies that a person being censured is going to literally or figuratively suffer horribly because of whatever terrible or reprehensible thing they did.
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What are some other forms related to censure?
- censurer (noun)
- censureless (adjective)
- miscensure (verb)
- precensure (verb)
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How is censure used in real life?
Censure is used to refer to especially harsh criticism or an official show of contempt by a government body.
The House will soon be voting on a historic resolution that would censure Trump "for his racist and xenophobic comments" about Reps. Omar, Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib and Pressley — all women of color. Only one US president, Andrew Jackson, was ever censured — and that happened in 1834.
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) July 16, 2019
Despite being censured by the Election Commission, controversial Samajwadi Party Leader Azam Khan remains defiant #India2014
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) April 17, 2014
Diamond firm rejecting qualified Muslim MBA's application is unpardonable. Glad that it is being censured by the media.
— shunali khullar shroff (@shunalishroff) May 22, 2015
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Which of the following words is NOT a synonym of censure?
A. scold
B. blame
C. condemn
D. praise