pornography

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The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes" ... so I've heard lol.

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  1. noun Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
  2. noun The presentation or production of this material.
  3. noun Lurid or sensational material: "Recent novels about the Holocaust have kept Hitler well offstage [so as] to avoid the ... pornography of the era” (Morris Dickstein).

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  • 'The word pornography wasn't coined until Dunglison put it in his medical dictionary in 1857.' —  process 10
  • Critics said the leak showed the Government should step back from mandatory filtering and that the plan would not solve the problem of child pornography, which is often spread over peer-to-peer networks rather than the web. —  Whirlpool.net.au
  • Critics said the leak showed the government should step back from mandatory filtering and that the plan would not solve the problem of child pornography, which is often spread over peer to peer networks rather than the web. —  ZDNET.com.au
  • The word "pornography" comes from the Greek meaning the "writings of prostitutes" ... so I've heard lol. —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • The relationship dynamics in Holdridge's script feel true to now, when online come-ons have largely replaced the bar scene, hardcore pornography is a casual conversation ... —  Tucson Weekly
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  1. French pornographie, from pornographe, pornographer, from Late Greek pornographos, writing about prostitutes : pornē, prostitute; see per-5 in Indo-European roots + graphein, to write; see -graphy.

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  1. = F. pornographie; LGr. as if *πορνογραφία, from πορνογράφος, writing of prostitutes, painting prostitutes, from Greek πόρνη, a prostitute, + γράφειν, write.
 

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