Synonyms for census
ˈsɛn səscen·sus

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1. census, nose count, nosecountverb

   a periodic count of the population

   Synonyms:
   nose count, nosecount

2. censusverb

   conduct a census

   "They censused the deer in the forest"

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1. List of paraphrases for "census":

   censuses, enumeration, censo, rgph, identification, census-taking, survey

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1. Terri Ann Lowenthal:

   Any suggestion that on a moment's notice the Census Bureau could add an extra piece of paper with an additional question to a census that it has been planning literally for a decade demonstrates a breathtaking ignorance of what it takes to pull off a census.

2. Thomas Duckenfield:

   For African Americans, you hold your breath before the 1870 Census.

3. Steven Dillingham:

   The Census Bureau's new plan reflects our continued commitment to conduct a complete count, provide accurate apportionment data, and protect the health and safety of the public and our workforce.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Society and Solitude:

   The true test of a civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

5. Jeff Robbins:

   The census, when you boil it down, is about two things : It's about power and it's about money.