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Bowdlerism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Bowdlerism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

censorship in the form of prudish expurgation

2

A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
censoring
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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