bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation · bowdlerisations
The action or instance of bowdlerisingThe action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
Forms
plural: bowdlerisationsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent:bowdlerization
- written material that has been bowdlerized:bowdlerization
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
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