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bowdlerizer

/ˈbaʊd.lə.raɪ.zər/

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noun

/ˈbaʊd.lə.raɪ.zər/C2formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее человека, который редактирует текст, удаляя непристойные или оскорбительные слова или отрывки, часто в чрезмерной или ханжеской степени.

A noun referring to a person who edits a text by removing obscene or offensive words or passages, often to an excessive or prudish degree.

  1. Textual censorC2formal

    A person who removes or modifies content from a text that is considered obscene, offensive, or inappropriate.

    ruЦензор текста

    • The bowdlerizer removed all references to violence from the novel.
    • Critics accused the publisher of acting as a bowdlerizer for the classic work.
    • A bowdlerizer often faces backlash for altering an author's original intent.

    Synonymscensorexpurgator

Forms
  • bowdlerizers plural form
  • bowdlerizers' possessive plural form
  • bowdlerizer's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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