Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What is the noun for bowdlerizations?

What's the noun for bowdlerizations? Here's the word you're looking for.

bowdlerization
  1. The action or instance of bowdlerizing; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “But the Hollywood treatment reflected the bowdlerization of the era.”
      “As the example shows, bowdlerization is not only dishonest, it leads to dumbing down of language and ideas.”
      “Where Freud suffered from bowdlerization, or having fathered on to him all sorts of odd ideas, Jung has been neglected.”
bowdlerisation
  1. The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
bowdlerism
  1. A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
  2. Examples:
    1. “So long as I am a school director I will raise my voice against bowdlerism, and censorship of any kind.”
      “This classic example of politically correct bowdlerism is not the end of the world, to be sure.”
      “The maimed typefaces produced by this kind of drive-by bowdlerism are boring and never as useful as the ones they began as.”
bowdleriser
  1. Alternative form of bowdlerizer
bowdlerizer
  1. One who bowdlerizes.
bowdlerizations
bowdlerizers
  1. plural of bowdlerizer
bowdlerisers
  1. plural of bowdleriser
bowdlerisms
  1. plural of bowdlerism
  2. Examples:
    1. “This edition restores Hardy's original punctuation and removes the bowdlerisms forced upon the text on its initial publication.”
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
15-letter Words Starting With
Find Nouns
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024