English Explanatory Dictionary

bowdlerism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.

Word forms

bowdlerism bowdlerisms

Etymology

From Bowdler + -ism.

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