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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pornography has 1 sense
- pornography(n = noun.act) erotica, porn, porno, smut - creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire; Array has particulars: child pornography, kiddie porn, kiddy porn
is a kind of creation, creative activity
Derived forms noun pornographer1, adjective pornographic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
pornography, n. [Gr. a harlot + -graphy.].
- Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies. [1913 Webster]
- A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution. [1913 Webster]
- obscene pictures, writings, drawings, motion pictures, videos, or the like intended primarily to cause sexual arousal and having little or no artistic merit; also, the content of such materials. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pornography, n.
1 the explicit description or exhibition of sexual activity in literature, films, etc., intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.
2 literature etc. characterized by this.
1 the explicit description or exhibition of sexual activity in literature, films, etc., intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.
2 literature etc. characterized by this.
Derivative
pornographer n. pornographic adj. pornographically adv.
Etymology
Gk pornographos writing of harlots f. porne prostitute + grapho write
THESAURUS
pornography
French literature, Rabelaisianism, Renaissance literature, X-rated movie, ancient literature, bawdiness, bawdry, belles lettres, blue movie, classics, contemporary literature, dirt, dirtiness, dirty movie, erotic art, erotic literature, erotica, erotographomania, fescenninity, filth, filthiness, folk literature, foulness, humane letters, iconolagny, kitsch, letters, lewdness, literature, medieval literature, nastiness, national literature, obscene literature, obscenity, offensiveness, polite literature, pop literature, popular literature, porn, pornographic art, pornographic literature, pornographomania, pseudonymous literature, republic of letters, ribaldry, salaciousness, salacity, scatological literature, scurrility, serious literature, sexploitation, skin flick, smut, smuttiness, soft-core pornography, stag film, travel literature, underground literature, vileness, wisdom literatureROGET THESAURUS
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Sexuality
N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.
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