bowdlerisation

bowdlerisation
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.

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  • bowdlerisation — owdlerisation n. the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent. Syn: bowdlerization, expurgation. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bowdlerisation — (Brit.) n. bowdlerization, literary censorship; written work that has been bowdlerized (named after Thomas Bowdler who published a censored version of Shakespeare s works) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bowdlerisation — noun 1. written material that has been bowdlerized • Syn: ↑bowdlerization • Derivationally related forms: ↑bowdlerise, ↑bowdlerize (for: ↑bowdlerization) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • bowdlerisations — bowdlerisation (Brit.) n. bowdlerization, literary censorship; written work that has been bowdlerized (named after Thomas Bowdler who published a censored version of Shakespeare s works) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bowdlerization — noun 1. written material that has been bowdlerized • Syn: ↑bowdlerisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑bowdlerise (for: ↑bowdlerisation), ↑bowdlerize • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • bowdlerization — owdlerization n. the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent. Syn: bowdlerisation, expurgation. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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