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The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.See Also: bowdlerize
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bowdlerization — owdlerization n. the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent. Syn: bowdlerisation, expurgation. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bowdlerization — index censorship Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bowdlerization — (Amer.) n. bowdlerisation, literary censorship; written work that has been bowdlerized (named after Thomas Bowdler who published a censored version of Shakespeare s works) … English contemporary dictionary
Bowdlerization — Bowdlerize Bowd ler*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bowdlerized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bowdlerizing}.] [After Dr. Thomas Bowdler, an English physician, who published an expurgated edition of Shakespeare in 1818.] To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bowdlerization — noun see bowdlerize … New Collegiate Dictionary
bowdlerization — See bowdlerism. * * * … Universalium
bowdlerization — bowd·ler·i·za·tion … English syllables
bowdlerization — noun 1. written material that has been bowdlerized • Syn: ↑bowdlerisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑bowdlerise (for: ↑bowdlerisation), ↑bowdlerize • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tobacco bowdlerization — occurs when a publisher or government agency expurgates a photograph, text, or video document to remove images and references to consuming tobacco products. It often occurs in conjunction with traditional restrictions on tobacco advertising, and… … Wikipedia
bowdlerizations — bowdlerization (Amer.) n. bowdlerisation, literary censorship; written work that has been bowdlerized (named after Thomas Bowdler who published a censored version of Shakespeare s works) … English contemporary dictionary
