bowdlerization
bowdlerization noun: the action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
Noun (1)
bowdlerization (countable and uncountable, plural bowdlerizations)
- The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
- Synonyms:
- expurgation
Noun (2) capitalized: Bowdlerization
Bowdlerization (countable and uncountable, plural Bowdlerizations)
- 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.1903 November 21, “The Pestiferous Emasculation”, in Theodore F. Bonnet, editor, Town Talk, San Francisco, Calif.: Town Talk Publishing Co., page 7, column 1
- For other Bowdlerizations and deletions the publishers and their editor are responsible.1912, Jethro Bithell, “Note”, in Contemporary French Poetry. Selected and Translated […] (The Canterbury Poets), London; […]: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., page lxxxi
Synonyms of bowdlerization
Forms of bowdlerization
| plural | bowdlerizations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Bowdlerisation |
| alternative form | bowdlerisation |
| alternative form | Bowdlerization |
| plural | Bowdlerizations |
Origin of bowdlerization
From bowdlerize + -ation.
Words that rhyme with bowdlerization
- 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 bowdlerization
- What does bowdlerization mean?
- Bowdlerization means the action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
- What part of speech is bowdlerization?
- Bowdlerization is a noun.
- What is the plural of bowdlerization?
- The plural of bowdlerization is bowdlerizations.
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