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Meaning of book-burning | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain.
    countable, uncountable
  2. An event where books are burned.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“[…] only a month after 75 students there held a public bookburning of their student handbok for its gay content.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

book-case book-cloth book-crab book-edge gilder book-edge marbler book-farmer

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