"book burning" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: book burnings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|head=book burning}} book burning (countable and uncountable, plural book burnings)
  1. (literally) A mass burning of books, intended as a form of political and/or religious censorship. Tags: countable, literally, uncountable Categories (topical): Books, Fire Synonyms: bibliocide Translations (book burning): 焚書 /焚书 (fénshū) (Chinese Mandarin), boekverbranding [feminine] (Dutch), kirjarovio (Finnish), autodafé [masculine] (French), Bücherverbrennung [feminine] (German), könyvégetés (Hungarian), bókabrenna [feminine] (Icelandic), 焚書 (funsho) (alt: ふんしょ) (Japanese), 분서 (Bunseo) (alt: 焚書) (Korean), palenie książek [neuter] (Polish), bokbål [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-book_burning-en-noun-IA-YFb1a Disambiguation of Books: 46 54 Disambiguation of Fire: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'book burning': 80 20
  2. (by extension, idiomatic) Any mass destruction, removal, or recalling of books, motion pictures, broadcasts, or electronic works as a form of censorship, especially motivated by religious or political objections to the material. Tags: broadly, countable, idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Books, Fire
    Sense id: en-book_burning-en-noun-uU42R-92 Disambiguation of Books: 46 54 Disambiguation of Fire: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 68

Inflected forms

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