censor

¹cen·sor

noun \ˈsen(t)-sər\

Definition of CENSOR

1

: a person who supervises conduct and morals: as a : an official who examines materials (as publications or films) for objectionable matter b : an official (as in time of war) who reads communications (as letters) and deletes material considered sensitive or harmful

2

: one of two magistrates of early Rome acting as census takers, assessors, and inspectors of morals and conduct

3

: a hypothetical psychic agency that represses unacceptable notions before they reach consciousness

— cen·so·ri·al \sen-ˈsȯr-ē-əl\ adjective

Examples of CENSOR

1. Government censors deleted all references to the protest.

Origin of CENSOR

Latin, Roman magistrate, from censēre to give as one's opinion, assess; perhaps akin to Sanskrit śaṁsati he praises

First Known Use: 1526

Other Occult Terms

augury, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith