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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.)
Other Word Forms
- pornographic adjective
 - pornographically adverb
 - antipornographic adjective
 - antipornography noun
 - nonpornographic adjective
 - unpornographic adjective
 - pornographer noun
 
Word History and Origins
Origin of pornography1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pornography1
Example Sentences
The French consumer watchdog first raised concerns at the weekend over the description and categorisation of the dolls, saying it left "little doubt as to the child pornography nature of the content."
Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls.
According to Ofcom, visits to pornography sites in general in the UK have reduced by almost a third in the three months since 25 July.
Authorities on Monday asked the public for leads regarding the head of a company that organized youth after-school programs after he was arrested last week on suspicion of possessing child pornography.
Lyons, 41, was arrested Monday and is accused of producing and distributing child pornography from around May 2020 to December 2024.
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