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Definitions of expurgate in various dictionaries:
verb - edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
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| To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication. |
| remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account). |
| edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
| to remove parts of a piece of writing that are considered likely to cause offence: |
| Remove matter thought to be objectionable or unsuitable from (a text or account) |
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Expurgation, also known as bowdlerization, is a form of censorship which involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive from an artistic work, or other type of writing of media. * The term bowdlerization is a pejorative term for the practice, particularly the expurgation of lewd material from books. The term derives from Thomas Bowdler's 1818 edition of William Shakespeare's plays, which he reworked in order to make them more suitable for women and children. He similarly edited Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. * A fig-leaf edition is such a bowdlerized text, deriving from the practice of covering the genitals of nudes in classical and Renaissance statues and paintings with fig leaves. |
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