por·nog·ra·phy 
(pôr-nŏgrə-fē)
(pôr-nŏgrə-fē)n.
1. Sexually explicit writing, images, video, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
2. Lurid or sensational material. Often used in combination: violence pornography.
[French pornographie, from pornographe, pornographer, from Late Greek pornographos, writing about prostitutes : pornē, prostitute; see per-5 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + graphein, to write; see -GRAPHY.]
por·nogra·pher n.
por′no·graphic (pôr′nə-grăfĭk) adj.
por′no·graphi·cal·ly adv.