Pornography

//pɔːˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. uncountable, usually

    "Many websites have a complete ban on pornography."

  2. 2
    creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire wordnet
  3. 3
    The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction. broadly, uncountable, usually

    ""It's true," Vanya now, "look at the forms of capitalist expression. Pornographies of love, erotic love, Christian love, boy-and-his-dog, pornographies of sunsets, pornographies of killing, and pornographies of deduction — ahh, that sigh when we guess the murderer — all these novels, these films and songs and they lull us with, they're approaches, more comfortable and less so, to that Absolute Comfort." A pause to allow Rudi a quick and sour grin, "The self-induced orgasm.""

  4. 4
    The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something. humorous, uncountable, usually

    "In The Four Pillars of Wisdom, he devotes a well-deserved chapter to the financial press and its weakness for "financial pornography"—lurid coverage of star money managers."

Verb
  1. 1
    To turn into pornography. transitive, uncommon

    "Their very being is so pornographied by automated content filters that they are largely barred from sexual expression online."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French pornographie, from Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos), from πορνεία (porneía, “fornication, prostitution”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I depict”).

Etymology 2

From French pornographie, from Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornográphos), from πορνεία (porneía, “fornication, prostitution”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I depict”).

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