pornographyn.

Brit.

/pɔːˈnɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/pɔrˈnɑɡrəfi/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek πορνογράϕος , -y suffix³.

Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πορνογράϕος (adjective) that writes about prostitutes ( < ancient Greek πορνο- (see porno- comb. form) + -γράϕος -graph comb. form) + -y suffix³ (compare -graphy comb. form), perhaps after French pornographie treatise on prostitution (1800), obscene painting (1842), description of obscene matters, obscene publication (1907 or earlier).

a. The explicit description or exhibition of sexual subjects or activity in literature, painting, films, etc., in a manner intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic feelings; printed or visual material containing this.A distinction is often made between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ pornography, on the basis of how explicit or taboo the material in question is held to be. See hard adj. and n. Compounds 4; soft adj. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > pornography

pornography1842

coprology1856

pornographica1913

porn1962

perv1966

porno1967

kiddie porn1977

society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > pornography

facetiae1851

filth1872

pornography1896

pornographica1913

porn1962

1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. 694/1 Rhyparography, pornography, and all the lower classes of art.

1858 Littell's Living Age 19 June 957 The house into which Dr. Yvan was originally introduced at Canton was..in the harem portions, decorated with a species of pornography that would have shocked Apuleius and given Parrhasius a hint.

1882 Daily Tel. No. 8313. 5/4 Pictorial and glyptic ‘pornography’..grew, flourished, declined, and fell with the Second Empire.

1896 J. W. Mackail Lat. Lit. 18 The Casina and the Truculentus [of Plautus] are studies in pornography which only the unflagging animal spirits of the poet can redeem from being disgusting.

1930 W. S. Maugham Gent. in Parlour xii. 64 Pornography rather than brevity is the soul of wit.

1977 Lancet 11 June 1241/2 A distinction could be drawn between erotic art (or soft pornography)..and hard pornography, which by connecting sex with violence, hatred, pain, and humiliation, stimulated gratification of sexual desire in deviant ways.

1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Apr. 15/1 No literary genre can match pornography for initial excitement and fast-arriving boredom.

2005 Grand Forks (N. Dakota) Herald (Nexis) 15 Apr. Sentencing has been set for a..man who pleaded guilty to downloading child pornography on a work computer.

b. In extended use. the pornography of violence: the explicit description or depiction of violence in a manner intended to stimulate or excite.

ΚΠ

1956 A. Kaplan in S. Hook Amer. Philosophers at Work 415 The pornography of violence is more widespread in our culture than all the other categories of obscenity put together.

1967 Esquire July 59 I speak of the new pornography, the pornography of violence... In the new pornography, the theme is not sex. The new pornography depicts practitioners acting out another, murkier drive: people staving teeth in, ripping guts open, blowing brains out, and getting even with all those bastards.

1995 P. Bourgois In search of Respect (1997) Introd. 18 I do not know if it is possible for me to present the story of my three and a half years of residence in El Barrio without falling prey to a pornography of violence.

†2. A study of prostitution. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [noun] > science or study of > of prostitutes

pornography1857

1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 745/2 Pornography, a description of prostitutes or of prostitution, as a matter of public hygiene.

1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1007/1 Pornographia, term for a dissertation on, or history of, prostitution: pornography.

1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pornography, a treatise on prostitution, from the point of view of public hygiene.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pornography
释义	pornographyn. Brit. /pɔːˈnɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /pɔrˈnɑɡrəfi/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek πορνογράϕος , -y suffix³. Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek πορνογράϕος (adjective) that writes about prostitutes ( < ancient Greek πορνο- (see porno- comb. form) + -γράϕος -graph comb. form) + -y suffix³ (compare -graphy comb. form), perhaps after French pornographie treatise on prostitution (1800), obscene painting (1842), description of obscene matters, obscene publication (1907 or earlier). 1. a. The explicit description or exhibition of sexual subjects or activity in literature, painting, films, etc., in a manner intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic feelings; printed or visual material containing this.A distinction is often made between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ pornography, on the basis of how explicit or taboo the material in question is held to be. See hard adj. and n. Compounds 4; soft adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [noun] > pornography pornography1842 coprology1856 pornographica1913 porn1962 perv1966 porno1967 kiddie porn1977 society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > pornography facetiae1851 filth1872 pornography1896 pornographica1913 porn1962 1842 W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. 694/1 Rhyparography, pornography, and all the lower classes of art. 1858 Littell's Living Age 19 June 957 The house into which Dr. Yvan was originally introduced at Canton was..in the harem portions, decorated with a species of pornography that would have shocked Apuleius and given Parrhasius a hint. 1882 Daily Tel. No. 8313. 5/4 Pictorial and glyptic ‘pornography’..grew, flourished, declined, and fell with the Second Empire. 1896 J. W. Mackail Lat. Lit. 18 The Casina and the Truculentus [of Plautus] are studies in pornography which only the unflagging animal spirits of the poet can redeem from being disgusting. 1930 W. S. Maugham Gent. in Parlour xii. 64 Pornography rather than brevity is the soul of wit. 1977 Lancet 11 June 1241/2 A distinction could be drawn between erotic art (or soft pornography)..and hard pornography, which by connecting sex with violence, hatred, pain, and humiliation, stimulated gratification of sexual desire in deviant ways. 1994 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 7 Apr. 15/1 No literary genre can match pornography for initial excitement and fast-arriving boredom. 2005 Grand Forks (N. Dakota) Herald (Nexis) 15 Apr. Sentencing has been set for a..man who pleaded guilty to downloading child pornography on a work computer. b. In extended use. the pornography of violence: the explicit description or depiction of violence in a manner intended to stimulate or excite. ΚΠ 1956 A. Kaplan in S. Hook Amer. Philosophers at Work 415 The pornography of violence is more widespread in our culture than all the other categories of obscenity put together. 1967 Esquire July 59 I speak of the new pornography, the pornography of violence... In the new pornography, the theme is not sex. The new pornography depicts practitioners acting out another, murkier drive: people staving teeth in, ripping guts open, blowing brains out, and getting even with all those bastards. 1995 P. Bourgois In search of Respect (1997) Introd. 18 I do not know if it is possible for me to present the story of my three and a half years of residence in El Barrio without falling prey to a pornography of violence. †2. A study of prostitution. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [noun] > science or study of > of prostitutes pornography1857 1857 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (rev. ed.) 745/2 Pornography, a description of prostitutes or of prostitution, as a matter of public hygiene. 1858 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) 1007/1 Pornographia, term for a dissertation on, or history of, prostitution: pornography. 1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pornography, a treatise on prostitution, from the point of view of public hygiene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842
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