Definition of Bowdlerism

1. Noun. Censorship in the form of prudish expurgation.

Generic synonyms: Censoring, Censorship

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowdlerism

Bovey coal
Bovicola
Bovidae
Bovie
Bovinae
Bovini
Bovril
Bowden
Bowden cable
Bowden cables
Bowditch
Bowditch's law
Bowditch effect
Bowdler
Bowdlerism
Bowen's precancerous dermatosis
Bowenoid cells
Bower
Bowery
Bowie
Bowie's stain
Bowie knife
Bowie knives
Bowiea
Bowiea volubilis
Bowiean
Bowiesque
Bowman's capsule
Bowman's capsules

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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