Neovictorian bowdlerization
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Politically-correct [dumbing down] of the English language used to eliminate thoughts and ideas deemed offensive to identified subgroups ie. by gender/race/religion/country of origin. Derived from term originally used to refer to removal of offensive terms (e.g. [strumpet]) from [Shakespeares] plays by Thomas Bowdler.
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