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;
is a kind of creation, creative activity
has particulars: child pornography, kiddie porn, kiddy porn
Derived forms noun pornographer1, adjective pornographic1
1. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies. [1913 Webster]
2. A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution. [1913 Webster]
3. 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]
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.
Derivative:
pornographer n. pornographic adj. pornographically adv.
Etymology:
Gk pornographos writing of harlots f. porne prostitute + grapho write
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