book-burning
book-burning noun: the practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain.
Noun
book-burning (countable and uncountable, plural book-burnings)
- The practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain.
- An event where books are burned.
- […] only a month after 75 students there held a public bookburning of their student handbok for its gay content.1981 February 14, Joanne Brown, “Feminist Starts Uproar By Putting Up Sticker”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 3
Forms of book-burning
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Words formed from book-burning
Questions about book-burning
- What does book-burning mean?
- Book-burning means the practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain.
- What part of speech is book-burning?
- Book-burning is a noun.
- What is the plural of book-burning?
- The plural of book-burning is book-burnings.
Words near book-burning in the dictionary
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