bowdlerization
bowdlerization · bowdlerizations
The action or instance of bowdlerizingThe action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
Forms
plural: bowdlerizationsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent:bowdlerisation
- written material that has been bowdlerized:bowdlerisation
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedbowdlerize
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable