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pornography

por·nog·ra·phy
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pawr-nog-ruh-fee]
    • /pɔrˈnɒg rə fi/
    • /pɔːˈnɒɡ.rə.fi/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pawr-nog-ruh-fee]
    • /pɔrˈnɒg rə fi/

Definitions of pornography word

  • noun pornography sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal. 1
  • noun pornography sexually explicit images 1
  • noun Technical meaning of pornography (application)   Still and moving images, usually of women, in varying states of nudity, posing or performing erotic acts with men, women, animals, machines, or other props. Some say it degrades women, some say it corrupts young boys (who down-load it from the web or exchange it on floppy disks). Most of it is in the form of JPEG images. Many websites offer porn of all sorts, almost always for a subscription. It is said that these are a driving force in the evolution of new technology and techniques for the web. Advertisments for them certainly constitute a significant proportion of all spam. There are even pornographic computer games, an early example being Mac Playmate. Beware - many institutions, particularly universities, have strict rules against their computers and networks being used to transfer or store such things, and you might get corrupted. 1
  • uncountable noun pornography Pornography refers to books, magazines, and films that are designed to cause sexual excitement by showing naked people or referring to sexual acts. 0
  • noun pornography writings, pictures, films, etc, designed to stimulate sexual excitement 0
  • noun pornography the production of such material 0
See all 8 definitions of pornography

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Origin of pornography

First appearance:

before 1840
One of the 33% newest English words
1840-50; < Greek pornográph(os) writing about harlots (porno-, combining form of pórnē harlot + -graphos -graph) + -y3

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Parts of speech for Pornography

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pornography

pornography popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for pornography

noun pornography

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All 13 Synonyms of pornography

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