censor |ˈsensər并止| noun 1 an official who examines material that is about to be released, s主斤uch as books, movies, news, and art, and suppresses any parts that are considered obscene, politica层甚接宽lly unacceptable, or a threat to security. • Psychoanalysis an aspect of the superego that is said to prevent cert业ain ideas and memories from emerging into consciousness. [ORI来自GIN: from a mistranslation of German Zensu360问答r ‘censorship,’ coined by Freu掌给触务除经江问动d.] 2 (in ancient 程收Rome) eithe号带皮核r of two magist作困地新识脸尽早样rates who held censuses and supervis液载亮广ed public morals. verb [ trans. ] (often be censored) examine (a book, movie, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it : my mail was being censored.