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noun
The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To turn into pornography.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive, uncommon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: pornify
Antonyms: none provided
noun
creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: porno, porn, erotica, smut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: creation, creative activity
Narrower terms: child pornography, kiddie porn, kiddy porn
History
Borrowed from French pornographie. By surface analysis, porno- + -graphy.
Across languages
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
