bowdlerization
nounEtymology
From bowdlerize + -ation.
Definitions
The action or instance of bowdlerizing
The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
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.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA