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单词 pornography
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pornography

[ pawr-nog-ruh-fee ]
/ pɔrˈnɒg rə fi /
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noun

sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.

Origin of pornography

1840–50; <Greek pornográph(os) writing about harlots (porno-, combining form of pórnē harlot + -graphos-graph) + -y3

OTHER WORDS FROM pornography

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH pornography

lewd, obscene, pornographic , profanatory, profane

Words nearby pornography

porky, porn, pornification, pornocracy, pornographer, pornography, porny, porocele, porokeratosis, poroma, poromeric
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British Dictionary definitions for pornography

pornography
/ (pɔːˈnɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

writings, pictures, films, etc, designed to stimulate sexual excitement
the production of such material
Sometimes (informal) shortened to: porn, porno

Derived forms of pornography

pornographer, nounpornographic (ˌpɔːnəˈɡræfɪk), adjectivepornographically, adverb

Word Origin for pornography

C19: from Greek pornographos writing of harlots, from pornē a harlot + graphein to write
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Cultural definitions for pornography

pornography

Books, photographs, magazines, art, or music designed to excite sexual impulses and considered by public authorities or public opinion as in violation of accepted standards of sexual morality. American courts have not yet settled on a satisfactory definition of what constitutes pornographic material. (See obscenity.)

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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