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bowdlerizationenUK
bowd·ler·ize B0426500 (bōd′lə-rīz′, boud′-)tr.v. bowd·ler·ized, bowd·ler·iz·ing, bowd·ler·iz·es To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example); expurgate.
[After Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.]
bowd′ler·ism n.bowd′ler·i·za′tion (-lər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.bowd′ler·iz′er n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | bowdlerization - written material that has been bowdlerizedbowdlerisationpiece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" | | 2. | bowdlerization - the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecentbowdlerisationexpurgation, castration - the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work |
TranslationsbowdlerizationenUK
Related to bowdlerization: bowdlerisedSynonyms for bowdlerizationnoun written material that has been bowdlerizedSynonymsRelated Words- piece of writing
- written material
- writing
noun the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecentSynonymsRelated Words |