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bowdlerization

bowdlerization \bowdlerization\ n. the deletion of all passages considered to be indecent.

Syn: bowdlerisation, expurgation.

Wiktionary
bowdlerization

n. The action or instance of bowdlerize; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.

WordNet
bowdlerization
  1. n. written material that has been bowdlerized [syn: bowdlerisation]

  2. the act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent [syn: bowdlerisation]

Usage examples of "bowdlerization".

Idylls of the King is a fairly typical Victorian bowdlerization that accepted the prevailing attitude of the time that Le Morte darthur was little more than 'bold bawdry and open manslaughter'.