bowdlerization

noun

Etymology

From bowdlerize + -ation.

Definitions

  1. The action or instance of bowdlerizing

    The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of bowdlerization.

    • We have had adaptations of Dickens and Scott, and even George Eliot, for children, and Bowdlerizations of the Arabian Nights and the popular fairy tales.
    • For other Bowdlerizations and deletions the publishers and their editor are responsible.
    • Translator notes that for Bowdlerizations and deletions the publishers are responsible.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bowdlerization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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