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Definition of Bowdlerization

1. Noun. Written material that has been bowdlerized.

2. Noun. The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent.

Definition of Bowdlerization

1. Noun. The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bowdlerization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowdlerization

bow wood bow wow bow wows bowab bowable bowabs bowat bowats bowbent bowdacious

bowdlerisation bowdlerise bowdlerised bowdlerises bowdlerising bowdlerization (current term) bowdlerizations bowdlerize bowdlerized bowdlerizer

bowdlerizers bowdlerizes bowdlerizing bowed bowed down(p) bowed out bowed stringed instrument bowed tendon bowel

Literary usage of Bowdlerization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton (1909)
"Even bowdlerization is not to be despised with such an author, when it makes him suitable for the hands of those who otherwise might receive injury from the ..."

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