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Definition of Bowdlerism
1. Noun. Censorship in the form of prudish expurgation.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowdlerism
Literary usage of Bowdlerism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"God be thanked for these Scriptural quotations ; they offend none but the virtuous.'
bowdlerism stands aghast, shuddering, ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"... extent : " bowdlerism " is not his line ; but he so narrates the most unpleasant
stories of most abominable crimes ae to render them insinuatingly ..."
3. Old Shrines and Ivy by William Winter (1892)
"It is not an answer to talk of "bowdlerism," or to sneer at "purists," or to
stigmatise refinement as squeamish folly. ..."
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