bowdlerisation
IPA: bˈoʊdʌɫrɪzˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
- Alternative letter-case form of bowdlerisation. [The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.]
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Examples of "bowdlerisation" in Sentences
- You would be narrating, not explaining if bowdlerisation was something you wanted to avoid.
- This fits with what Garcia sang in 1966 - and seems to be a bowdlerisation of the Memphis Jug Band's version which has "black girl"
- You'll forgive my bowdlerisation of the post, but I am aware Ann's kids are reading this, and I wouldn't want to contribute to their delinquincy.
- On Intel's website, you'll find the company's own timeline, replete with innovations, and bowdlerisation...but nothing about reinventing the transistor.
- The polarisation of views on police tactics is depressingly predictable, and I would suggest that the bowdlerisation of the language serves to numb proper human sensitivity.
- Hence Hodder's attempt to update the language of the Famous Five: a spoon-feeding bowdlerisation that underestimates both the intelligence of children and the importance of historical accuracy.
- In the Hakluyt Society's bowdlerisation we read of the Tumbez Islanders being "very vicious, many of them committing the abominable offence" (p. 24); also, "If by the advice of the Devil any Indian commit the abominable crime, it is thought little of and they call him a woman."
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