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: December 20, 2023
\BOHD-ler-ize\ verb
What It Means
In its strictest sense, to bowdlerize a book, manuscript, etc. is to modify it by editing so that nothing judged to be morally harmful or offensive remains. More broadly, bowdlerize means "to modify by abridging, simplifying, or distorting in style or content."
// The publisher's decision to bowdlerize the classic novel was met with mixed reactions.
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