book-burning en · NOUN
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain.
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(countable, uncountable) An event where books are burned.
[…] only a month after 75 students there held a public bookburning of their student handbok for its gay content.
1981 February 14, Joanne Brown, “Feminist Starts Uproar By Putting Up Sticker”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| book-burnings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (3)
fi kirjarovio (event where books are burned) · fr autodafé (event where books are burned) · pl palenie książek (event where books are burned)