Expurgation

An expurgation of a work, also known as a bowdlerization, or censorship by political correctness is a form of censorship that involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive from an artistic work or other type of writing or media.

[1][2][3][4] The term bowdlerization is often used in the context of the expurgation of lewd material from books.

[5] The term derives from Thomas Bowdler's 1818 edition of William Shakespeare's plays, which he reworked in ways that he felt were more suitable for women and children.

[6] He similarly edited Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

[10] When this practice is adopted voluntarily, by publishers of new editions or translators, it is seen as a form of self-censorship.