Amplification and Bowdlerization

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Amplification noun - Addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail.

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Bowdlerization is an antonym for amplification.

Bowdlerization noun - A shortened version of a written work.

Usage example: this bowdlerization of “Moby Dick” simply eliminates all the chapters on whaling and cetology

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Amplification is an antonym for bowdlerization.

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Bowdlerization and Amplification. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/amplification/bowdlerization

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Bowdlerization or Amplification. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/amplification/bowdlerization.

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