"book-burning" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: book-burnings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} book-burning (countable and uncountable, plural book-burnings)
  1. The practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-book-burning-en-noun-9M8pE43L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 77 23
  2. An event where books are burned. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (event where books are burned): kirjarovio (Finnish), autodafé [masculine] (French), palenie książek [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-book-burning-en-noun-D8BtEimX Disambiguation of 'event where books are burned': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: book-burner Related terms: auto da fe

Inflected forms

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