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censor , title of two magistrates of ancient Rome (from c.443 BC to the time of Domitian). They took the census (by which they assessed taxation, voting, and military service) and supervised public behavior. They also had charge of public works and filled vacancies among the senators and knights.

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censor (sen-ser) n. (in psychology) the mechanism, postulated by Freud, that suppresses or modifies desires that are inappropriate or feared.

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