"bowdlerization" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bowdlerizations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From bowdlerize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bowdlerize|ation}} bowdlerize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bowdlerization (countable and uncountable, plural bowdlerizations)
  1. The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: expurgation, Bowdlerisation, bowdlerisation (english: non-Oxford British spelling), Bowdlerization Related terms: bowdlerize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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