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PORNOGRAPHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
Synonyms:
erotica; porn; porno; pornography; smut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("pornography" is a kind of...):
creation; creative activity (the human act of creating)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pornography"):
child pornography; kiddie porn; kiddy porn (the illegal use of children in pornographic pictures or films)
Derivation:
pornographer (someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores)
pornographic (designed to arouse lust)
