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BOWDLERISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bowdlerisation mean?
• BOWDLERISATION (noun)
The noun BOWDLERISATION has 2 senses:
1. written material that has been bowdlerized
2. the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
Familiarity information: BOWDLERISATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Written material that has been bowdlerized
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bowdlerisation; bowdlerization
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bowdlerisation; bowdlerization
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)
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