Bowdlerization
Bowdlerization noun - The act of deleting or modifying all passages considered to be indecent.
Expurgation and bowdlerization are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Expurgation" instead a noun "Bowdlerization".
Expurgation
Expurgation noun - The deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work.
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Synonyms for Expurgation
Bowdlerization and expurgation are semantically related. You can use "Bowdlerization" instead a noun "Expurgation".
Nearby Word: expurgated
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Related pairs
- control and bowdlerization
- control and expurgation
- cutting and bowdlerization
- cutting and expurgation
- forbidding and bowdlerization
- forbidding and expurgation
- editing and bowdlerization
- editing and expurgation
- restriction and bowdlerization
- restriction and expurgation
- suppression and bowdlerization
- suppression and expurgation
- blackout and bowdlerization
- blackout and expurgation
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Expurgation and Bowdlerization. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bowdlerization/expurgation
Bowdlerization & Expurgation. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bowdlerization/expurgation>.
Expurgation or Bowdlerization. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bowdlerization/expurgation.
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