pornography en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pɔːˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /pɔɹˈnɑ.ɡɹə.fi/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from French pornographie. By surface analysis, porno- + -graphy.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature.
In Chapter 3 we reviewed the various views about sexual offending, and noted that there is a paucity of research on the role of child pornography in adult sexual interest in children.
2004, Ethel Quayle, Max Taylor, Child Pornography: An Internet Crime, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 73:The same is true of her call for a discrimination of pornographies: 'various pornographies operate differently, cater to different audiences and elicit different sexual response'.[…]Certainly, the pornographies which circulate among us include some directed specifically at women — not just the pornography of emotions on which Mills and Boon romances capitalise so successfully, nor even religious pornography like Colleen McCullough's The thorn birds (1977), which offers Roman Catholic women the vicarious thrills of sexual relations with a priest — but precisely the kind of pornography that in some feminist criticism is assumed to be for men only.
1984, K. K. Ruthven, Feminist Literary Studies: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, published 1990, page 89:1929, D. H. Lawrence, Pornography and Obscenity, pamphlet, republished in 1998, Michael Herbert (editor), D. H. Lawrence: Selected Critical Writings, Oxford University Press, page 294, What is pornography to one man is the laughter of genius to another.
The dispute over pornography and censorship has split both liberals and feminists.
1994, Susan Easton, The Problem of Pornography: Regulation and the Right to Free Speech, Routledge, page viii:Many websites have a complete ban on pornography.
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(broadly, uncountable, usually) The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction.
"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."
1973, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 19, in Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 1: Beyond the Zero, page 155:
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(humorous, uncountable, usually) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.
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.
2002 August 4, The Seattle Times,:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pornographies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
pornograph · hardcore pornography · reality pornography · pornographization · antipornography · porno · porn · pornographer · problematic pornography use · explornography · cyberpornography · cornography · pornographic · pornographing · pornographess · porn star · pornographed · anthropornography · pornogrify · semipornography · ecopornography · pornogrification · nonpornography · porny · softcore pornography · pornographically · pornotopia · pornographist · child pornography
Relateds
R(アール)-1(じゅう)8(はち) · pornographic
Synonyms
obscenity · 🌽 · smvt · pr0n · lewdness · NSFW · porn · erotica · adult content · porno · smut · pron · XXX · hentai · filth · Rule 34
Translations (107)
io pornografio (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · uk порногра́фія (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · cmn 毛片 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · lt pornografija (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · cmn 色情 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · tl pornograpiya (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ko 포르노 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ja ポルノグラフィ (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sw ponografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · nv ajiłeego ałhanááʼííłdįįh ndaalkidígíí (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · az pornoqrafiya (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · et pornograafia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · cmn A片 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sh порногра̀фија (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ta பாலுணர்வுக் கிளர்ச்சியம் (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · cs pornografie (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · nn pornografi (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · be парнагра́фія (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ext pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · vi khiêu dâm (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · rup purnugrafii (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · an pornografía (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · de Pornografie (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · el πορνογραφία (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · gd drùiseantachd (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · fi pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · af pornografie (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · th เรื่องเร้ากามารมณ์ (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sk pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ko 포르노그래피 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · mr संभोगवर्णन (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · fa هرزهنگاری (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · tr pornografi (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · lb Pornographie (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ro порнографие (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · eo pornografio (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · fr pornographie (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · oc pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · fa پورنوگرافی (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · scn pornugrafìa (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sco pornography (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ja 猥褻 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · mi karihika (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · tr porno (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ko 외설 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ka პორნოგრაფია (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · lv pornogrāfija (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ta போர்னோகிராபி (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · gag pornografiya (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · br pornografiezh (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · is klám (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · es pornografía (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · cy pornograffiaeth (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · cmn 黃片 /黄片 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sl pornografija (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · bn পর্নোগ্রাফি (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · pt pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · yue 色情 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · eu pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ca pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · os порнографи (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · gl pornografía (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · yi פּאָרנאָגראַפֿיע (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · th งานลามก (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · mr संभोगदर्शन (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · hy պոռնկագրություն (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ja ポルノ (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · cmn 春宮 /春宫 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ru порногра́фия (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · th สื่อลามกอนาจาร (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · hy պոռնոգրաֆիա (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sgs pornograpėjė (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · gd drabasdachd (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · id pornografi (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · arz بُورْنُوجْرَافِيَا (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ceb pornograpiya (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · la pornographia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ru порну́ха (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · uz pornografiya (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · hi अश्लील फ़िल्म (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · mt pornografija (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · hu pornográfia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sq pornografi (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · bg порногра́фия (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ga pornagrafaíocht (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · arz پُورْنُوجْرَافِيَا (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ast pornografía (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ro pornografie (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sv pornografi (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · nrf pornographie (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ar إِبَاحِيَّة (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ur فحش (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · fy pornografy (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · tk pornografiýa (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · pl pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ja 猥本 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · hi रतिचित्रण (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ia pornographia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · sh pornogràfija (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ur پورنوگرافی (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · ko 성록화물 (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · vep pornografii (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · he פּוֹרְנוֹגְרַפְיָה (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · nl pornografie (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · nb pornografi (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · da pornografi (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent) · it pornografia (depiction of sexual subject matter with prurient intent)