expurgation

/,ekspə:'geiʃn/

Thân thiện

The editor performed an expurgation of the manuscript.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of removing objectionable or offensive material: Expurgation refers specifically to the process of deleting, censoring, or purging parts of a written work considered inappropriate, obscene, or harmful.

Usage

• Expurgation is typically performed by an editor, censor, or publisher to make a text suitable for a particular audience, often a general or younger readership.
• It is a formal term most commonly used in literary, academic, or publishing contexts to discuss the censorship or purification of texts.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The expurgation of the novel's controversial chapters made it acceptable for the school curriculum.
  • Scholars debated the ethics of the expurgation performed on the author's private letters before publication.

Advanced Usage

• "To undergo expurgation": to be subjected to the process of having material removed.
  • Many classic texts have undergone expurgation over the centuries to conform to changing moral standards.

Variants and Related Words

• Expurgate (verb): to remove objectionable material from a text.
  • The publisher decided to expurgate the manuscript.
• Expurgated (adjective): describing a text from which material has been removed.
  • She read an expurgated version of the autobiography.
• Expurgator (noun): a person who expurgates.
  • The expurgator worked diligently to prepare the edition.

Synonyms

• Censorship: The suppression or prohibition of speech or writing.
• Bowdlerization: The practice of removing material considered improper or offensive from a text (named after Thomas Bowdler).
• Purification: The act of making something pure by removing undesirable elements.

Antonyms

• Unabridged: (of a text) complete and containing all the original material; not shortened.
• Uncensored: (of a text) not having had any parts removed or suppressed.

Related Phrases

• "An act of expurgation": emphasizes the action as a deliberate process.
  • The editor's act of expurgation altered the book's original tone.
• "Prior expurgation": refers to censorship performed before publication.
  • The manuscript required prior expurgation to secure a printing license.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the deletion of objectionable parts from a literary work

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