sanitization
noun
the act or process of sanitizing or removing dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or disinfecting.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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The simplifications and sanitizations of “Brooklyn” would be only dreary if they merely served the purpose of a streamlined and simplified story-telling mechanism.
From The New Yorker β Nov. 6, 2015