BOWDLERIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bowdlerization mean? 

• BOWDLERIZATION (noun)
  The noun BOWDLERIZATION 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: BOWDLERIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOWDLERIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Written material that has been bowdlerized

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bowdlerisation; bowdlerization

Hypernyms ("bowdlerization" 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:

bowdlerize (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 ("bowdlerization" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

bowdlerize (edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate)