bowdlerization
noun[CorU]
oftendisapprovinguk/ˌbaʊd.lə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌbaʊd.lɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/(UKusuallybowdlerisation)theactionofremovingorchangingwords orpartsfrom abook,play, orfilmthat areconsideredto beunsuitableoroffensive:
Hiseditorialworkincludedsome bowdlerisation ofrathercrudefolktales.
Thefilmversionsof theseclassicworkswere no more thanpatheticbowdlerizations of theoriginals.
- Hecriticizesthe bowdlerisation of Anne Frank'sdiaries.
- What will be the nextgruesomefairytaletoundergobowdlerization byHollywood?
- Hiseditormade fewsuggestionsother than bowdlerisations.
Editing & compiling
- abridged
- anthologist
- blue pencil
- bowdlerize
- bowdlerized
- co-edit
- compile
- copy edit
- dub
- emend
- excerpt
- lexicographer
- non-editorial
- over-edit
- post-editing
- proofreading
- recension
- revised
- undubbed
- unfiltered
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Removing and extracting