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单词 bowdlerized
释义

bowdlerized

adjective

bowd·​ler·​ized ˈbōd-lə-ˌrīzd How to pronounce bowdlerized (audio)
ˈbau̇d-
: altered to remove or modify elements considered objectionable or potentially offensive
In February PBS advised member stations to air a bowdlerized version of a Frontline documentary about the war in Iraq because the uncut version also had soldiers swearing. James Poniewozik
… like all unexpurgated books it is an improvement on the bowdlerized version, if only because it has more sex. Katha Pollitt

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Yet Brice, knowing all that, still adored him, which makes a far more interesting tale than the bowdlerized one the show offers, of a duped woman finally and regretfully seeing the light. New York Times, 24 Apr. 2022 How did a bowdlerized rendering of a marginal psychological pathology come to hold such sway in the humanities—and increasingly in popular discourse as well? Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

bowdlerized

verb

past tense of bowdlerize
as in censored
to remove objectionable parts from a bowdlerized version of "Gulliver's Travels" that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • censored
  • expurgated
  • edited
  • shortened
  • deleted
  • laundered
  • reviewed
  • abbreviated
  • purged
  • excised
  • suppressed
  • red-penciled
  • purified
  • expunged
  • cleansed
  • examined
  • repressed
  • bleeped
  • gutted
  • cleaned (up)
  • screened
  • condemned
  • silenced
  • blipped
  • scrutinized
  • denounced
  • blue-penciled
  • censured
  • blacked out
  • cut (out)
  • x'd (out)
  • xed (out)
  • x-ed (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • approved
  • authorized
  • sanctioned
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