castration

Examples

• All

• The professor's lecture addressed the castration of controversial topics in the curriculum, emphasizing the need for open dialogue.

• "In order to do recompense for this castration, which resided in her intellectual proficiency, she donned the mask of womanliness.

  Fiction book (1993)

• It was scholarly castration.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The parentheses symbolize, graphically, the castration to which he alludes in the very next sonnet, comparing himself to Attis.

  Academic text (2003)

• Critics argue that the novel's editorial castration has removed its most provocative themes, leaving an incomplete story.

• Some believe that the castration of important voices in literature diminishes the richness of cultural discussions.

Synonyms

C

censorship

vscastration

119 4.8

A system that removes parts of books, films or news that people find harmful

is the specific act of deleting offensive parts in literary works

E

evisceration

vscastration

• Formal

1 9.2

Weakening a law or idea by taking away its main power

removes offensive passages rather than stripping the core meaning

B

bowdlerization

vscastration

• Literature

1 9.9

Removing or changing parts of a text that people find offensive to make it acceptable for more readers

removes offensive parts without implying loss of authenticity

E

expurgation

vscastration

• Literature

9.9

To remove parts that people find offensive from a book or play

is limited to literary works rather than all artistic forms

B

Bowdlerism

vscastration

• Literature

9.9

Removing parts of a book or film that people find offensive

focuses on deleting offensive parts without carrying a prudish label

E

excision

vscastration

7.9

Removing part of a text to make it shorter

targets parts because they are offensive rather than for length

Compounds

C

castration anxiety

• Formal

1 9.9

A strong fear of losing the ability to have sex or having your private parts harmed

How Censored

censorship

119 4.8

bowdlerization

• Literature

1 9.9

castration

1 8.9

expurgation

• Literature

9.9

redaction

• Formal

8 8.5

editing

126 2.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology