someone who censures or condemns
"The angry crowd began to censor any speaker who dared to mention the controversial policy by hissing and walking out of the hall."
a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
"The government appointed a censor to review every letter before it could be mailed, ensuring that no political dissent reached the public."
One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
"My paranoia was so intense that I felt a strict censor had blocked out any thoughts of mercy before they could even surface in my awareness."
A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.
subject to political, religious, or moral censorship
"This magazine is censored by the government"
To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).
"The government decided to censor the film because several scenes depicted graphic violence that violated local laws."