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/ˈbōdləˌrīz/,/ˈboud-/,
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bowdlerized, past participle; bowdlerized, past tense; bowdlerizes, 3rd person singular present; bowdlerising, present participle; bowdlerised, past participle; bowdlerises, 3rd person singular present; bowdlerised, past tense; bowdlerizing, present participle;
  1. Remove material that is considered improper or offensive from (a text or account), esp. with the result that it becomes weaker or less effective
    • - a bowdlerized version of the story
  1. (bowdlerization) written material that has been bowdlerized
  2. (bowdlerize) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"
  3. (bowdlerizer) expurgator: a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages; "Thomas Bowdler was a famous expurgator"
  4. Expurgation is a form of censorship which involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive, usually from an artistic work.
  5. (bowdlerize) To remove those parts of a text considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
  6. (bowdlerization) The practice of censorship by publication of expurgated texts. This practice got its name from English editor Thomas Bowdler (1854-1825) who published altered editions (especially of Shakespeare's works).
  7. (Bowdlerize) To expurgate a book. After Thomas Bowdler, an English physician (1754-1825) who published editions of Shakespeare and others in which he removed "those words and expressions ... which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family".
  8. (bowdlerize) (from Thomas Bowdler, who hacked up Shakespeare in the 18th century) to censor or edit in a heavy-handed manner. A bowdlerized folk song is all dressed up in its Sunday best, ready for presentation to the delicate sensibilities of the general public. ...
  9. (bowdlerize) I looked deep into her Rocky Mountains bowdlerize and professed my undying love.