Synonyms & related words for bowdlerism

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Words related to bowdlerism

Explore words related to bowdlerism — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include censoring, comstockery, censorship, bowdlerization, censors, censurer, censorial, censored. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does bowdlerism come from?

The word bowdlerism breaks down into 2 roots of English and Greek origin: bowdler, from English bowdler (“Thomas Bowdler, who expurgated Shakespeare”); and -ism, from Greek -ismos (“practice or characteristic”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.