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BOWDLERISATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent

Synonyms:

bowdlerisation; bowdlerization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bowdlerisation" is a kind of...):

castration; expurgation (the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work)

Derivation:

bowdlerise (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Written material that has been bowdlerized

Synonyms:

bowdlerisation; bowdlerization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bowdlerisation" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Derivation:

bowdlerise (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate)

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