bowdlerisation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | castration, expurgation, |
| definition | : | the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work (noun.act) |
2. written material that has been bowdlerized (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | piece of writing, writing, written material, |
| definition | : | the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) (noun.communication) |
3. the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent (noun.act)
| derivation | : | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten, |
| definition | : | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten, bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, expurgate, shorten, |
| definition | : | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate (verb.change) |
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