pornography
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- 1Pictures, videos or writing that show sex very openly and are made to make people sexually excited.
Many parents use filters to keep pornography off their children's phones.
People still argue about whether pornography should be against the law.
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- 2Pictures or stories that show something like food or suffering in too much detail, just to excite people.
The movie's violence was pure pornography, with every wound shown up close again and again.
The TV news showed the fire again and again, and my mom said it was disaster pornography.
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Origin
From Greek words meaning 'prostitute' and 'writer'.
Checked 1 Nov 2026 · 1 fact
- Pornography ultimately derives from Greek elements meaning prostitute and writer. en.wiktionary.org