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noun
Any writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of bloodshed or violence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin carnis (“meat”) and Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”), by analogy to pornography. Although it is often taken to be a blend carnage and pornography, this is not the case.
