bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation noun: the action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
Noun (1)
bowdlerisation (countable and uncountable, plural bowdlerisations)
- The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
- Synonyms:
- expurgation
Noun (2) capitalized: Bowdlerisation
Bowdlerisation (countable and uncountable, plural Bowdlerisations)
- Alternative letter-case form of bowdlerisation.
- Her eighty-seven songs appeared first under the pseudonym ‘Mrs Bogan of Bogan’ or ‘B.B.’ in The Scottish Minstrel (1821–24), and posthumously as Lays from Strathearn. Not a few of them are mere Bowdlerisations of ‘indelicate’ favourites; but four at least live, and shall live, with the airs to...1891, “Nairne, Carolina Oliphant, Baroness”, in Chambers’s Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, volume VII (Maltebrun to Pearson), London; Edinburgh: William & Robert Chambers, Limited...
- In “The Sayings of Queen Elizabeth” (The Bodley Head; 16s.), Mr. Chamberlin deals very faithfully with a scandal that has nothing to do with sixteenth-century gossip about the Queen’s morals. It is a purely academic outrage: Froude’s Bowdlerisations of Gloriana’s good things, which the historian...1924 February 23, J[ames] D[avid] Symon, “Books of the Day”, in The Illustrated London News, London: The Illustrated London News and Sketch, Ltd., page 321, column 1
Synonyms of bowdlerisation
Forms of bowdlerisation
| plural | bowdlerisations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Bowdlerization |
| alternative form | bowdlerization |
| alternative form | Bowdlerisation |
| plural | Bowdlerisations |
Origin of bowdlerisation
From bowdlerise + -ation.
Words that rhyme with bowdlerisation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about bowdlerisation
- What does bowdlerisation mean?
- Bowdlerisation means the action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
- What part of speech is bowdlerisation?
- Bowdlerisation is a noun.
- What is the plural of bowdlerisation?
- The plural of bowdlerisation is bowdlerisations.
Words near bowdlerisation in the dictionary
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