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pornography
[ pawr-nog-ruh-fee ]
noun
- sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
pornography
/ pɔːˈnɒɡrəfɪ; ˌpɔːnəˈɡræfɪk /
noun
- writings, pictures, films, etc, designed to stimulate sexual excitement
- the production of such material
pornography
- Books, photographs, magazines, art, or music designed to excite sexual impulses and considered by public authorities or public opinion as in violation of accepted standards of sexual morality. American courts have not yet settled on a satisfactory definition of what constitutes pornographic material. ( See obscenity .)
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Derived Forms
- porˈnographer, noun
- pornographic, adjective
- ˌpornoˈgraphically, adverb
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Other Words From
- por·no·graph·ic [pawr-n, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
- porno·graphi·cal·ly adverb
- anti·porno·graphic adjective
- anti·por·nogra·phy noun adjective
- nonpor·no·graphic adjective
- unpor·no·graphic adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pornography1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pornography1
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Example Sentences
Pornography is here to stay—a consequence of living in a free country.
The Pornography of Terror By Christopher Dickey, Oct. 1, 2011 Maybe now the madness can end.
Pornography is sexual expression; human trafficking and slavery are crimes.
"Pornography has crawled out of the muck and has joined trash culture," she says.
Pornography, an eminent American jurist has pointed out, is distinguished by the "leer of the sensualist."
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