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Definition of Pornography

1. Noun. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire.

Definition of Pornography

1. n. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.

Definition of Pornography

1. Noun. The explicit depiction of sexual subject matter; a display of material of an erotic nature. (defdate from the mid-19th c.) ¹

2. Noun. (usually humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pornography

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Literary usage of Pornography

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Internet Indecency: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and edited by John McCain (1998)
"The fact that obscenity and child pornography are illegal on the Internet ... A great deal of research indicates that pornography has significant impact on ..."

2. Limits of Tolerance: Freedom of Expression and the Public Debate in Chile by Sebastian Brett, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"Violence and pornography, and particularly the exposure of children to them, appear to be concerns widely shared in the population: 87.5 percent of the CNTV ..."

3. Israel Among the Nations: A Study of the Jews and Antisemitism by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, Frances Hellman (1895)
"—The Jews and the French Operette—The Jews and pornography—IL Jewish Writers in Germany—The Jewish Woman—In Germany and Throughout Europe there have been ..."

4. America and Her Problems by George A. Raper (1915)
"Paris and pornography. Too many dogs and cats. Temperance. — 2. ANOTHER NEW CITY. Kansas City. Agricultural center. Scarcity of labor. ..."

5. Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues by Kathleen C. Faller (1995)
"The use of children in pornography and for prostitution is yet another circumstance ... Child pornography. This is a Federal crime, and all States have laws ..."

6. Living With Siva by Subramuniya (2001)
"... I Adultery and pornography Sin of the mind, depart far away! Why do ou utter improper suggestions? Depart from this place! I do not want you! ..."

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