book burning en · NOUN
Meanings
- (countable, literally, uncountable) A mass burning of books, intended as a form of political and/or religious censorship.
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(broadly, countable, idiomatic, uncountable) Any mass destruction, removal, or recalling of books, motion pictures, broadcasts, or electronic works as a form of censorship, especially motivated by religious or political objections to the material.
Exhuming McCarthy (meet me at the book burning, meet me at the book burning)
1987, “Exhuming McCarthy”, in Document (R.E.M. No. 5), performed by R.E.M.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| book burnings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (14)
hu könyvégetés (book burning) · ko 분서 (book burning) · sv bokbål (book burning) · de Bücherverbrennung (book burning) · nb bokbål (book burning) · nn bokbål (book burning) · cmn 焚書 /焚书 (book burning) · pl palenie książek (book burning) · ja 焚書 (book burning) · da bogbrænding (book burning) · nl boekverbranding (book burning) · is bókabrenna (book burning) · fi kirjarovio (book burning) · fr autodafé (book burning)