bowdlerization
- a word derived from bowdlerize.
Example Sentences
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“I think there’s going to be a tremendous loss in this campaign of bowdlerization, this campaign of euphemism by dint of punishment if you don’t go along with it.”
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2020
The crew, most of them live up in what’s called the forecastle, sort of a bowdlerization of forecastle, an old-fashioned term.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2017
A change in name is the least of it but is symptomatic of the material’s bowdlerization.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2014
Nor am I arguing for censorship or bowdlerization or any increased degree of interference with the content of entertainment.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2012
Bewildered Melville allowed his publishers to expurgate and his present biographer believes the bowdlerization warped his entire career.
From Time Magazine Archive
