censor |ˈsensər|noun1 an official who examines material that is about to be released, such as books, movies, news, and art, and suppresses any parts that are considered obscene, politically unacceptable, or a threat to security.• Psychoanalysis an aspect of the superego that is said to prevent certain ideas and memories from emerging into consciousness. [ORIGIN: from a mistranslation of German Zensur ‘censorship,’ coined by Freud.]2 (in ancient Rome) either of two magistrates who held censuses and supervised public morals.verb [ trans. ] (often be censored)examine (a book, movie, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it : my mail was being censored.。