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Definition of Bowdlerisation

1. Noun. Written material that has been bowdlerized.

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

Definition of Bowdlerisation

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bowdlerisation

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bowabs bowat bowats bowbent bowdacious bowdlerisation (current term) bowdlerise bowdlerised bowdlerises bowdlerising

bowdlerization bowdlerizations bowdlerize bowdlerized bowdlerizer bowdlerizers bowdlerizes bowdlerizing bowed bowed down(p)

Literary usage of Bowdlerisation

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

1. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1872)
"... and we are compelled to admit that a little bowdlerisation would not be altogether out of place in editing the plays of Sir William D'Avenant. ..."

2. The School World: A Monthly Magazine of Educational Work and Progress (1907)
"... exponents who inevitably stumbled upon passages that needed bowdlerisation. Such misadventures tend to put " reading aloud " into disrepute. ..."

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