Definition of "bowdlerisation" [bowdlerisation]

• The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent. (noun)

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• "Hence Hodder's attempt to update the language of the Famous Five: a spoon-feeding bowdlerisation that underestimates both the intelligence of children and the importance of historical accuracy."
• "On Intel's website, you'll find the company's own timeline, replete with innovations, and bowdlerisation...but nothing about reinventing the transistor."
• "The polarisation of views on police tactics is depressingly predictable, and I would suggest that the bowdlerisation of the language serves to numb proper human sensitivity."