book burning

Language: en

Meaning: (literally)A mass burning of books, intended as a form of political and/or religious censorship.; (by extension,idiomatic)Any massdestruction,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.1987, “Exhuming McCarthy”, inDocument (R.E.M. No. 5), performed by R.E.M.:Exhuming McCarthy (meet me at thebook burning, meet me at thebook burning)

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