🔤 Bowdlerising ✨

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URDU

قابل اعتراض حصہ نکالنا، متن کو سنسر کرنا، ناپسندیدہ الفاظ ہٹانا
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
qabil e aitraz hissa nikalna, matn ko censar karna, na pasandeeda alfaaz hataana
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ENGLISH

📚verb
bowdlerising
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈbaʊdləraɪzɪŋ/
Phonetic: /bowd luh ry zing/
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DEFINITION

removing or changing material considered offensive unsuitable or improper in a text
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

The editor was bowdlerising the novel for younger school readers. Bowdlerising the speech removed language considered offensive by the broadcaster. Critics opposed bowdlerising classic literature merely to avoid controversy. The publisher faced accusations of bowdlerising historical accounts for commercial reasons. Bowdlerising can alter an author's meaning and weaken artistic expression.
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SYNONYMS

censoring editing expurgating sanitizing
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