Associations to the word «Bowdlerization»

Noun

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Wiktionary

BOWDLERIZATION, noun. The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.

Dictionary definition

BOWDLERIZATION, noun. Written material that has been bowdlerized.
BOWDLERIZATION, noun. The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats