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BOWDLERISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bowdlerism mean? 

BOWDLERISM (noun)
  The noun BOWDLERISM has 1 sense:

1. censorship in the form of prudish expurgationplay

  Familiarity information: BOWDLERISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOWDLERISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Censorship in the form of prudish expurgation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

censoring; censorship (deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances)


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