Pornography Definition
Media or photographs showing erotic or sexual behavior in a way designed to cause sexual arousal. Pornography is protected by the free speech provision of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, unless it is found to be obscene. See also obscenity.
Origin of Pornography
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French pornographie from pornographe pornographer from Late Greek pornographos writing about prostitutes pornē prostitute per-5 in Indo-European roots graphein to write –graphy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek πορνογράφος (pornographos), from πόρνη (pornÄ“, “prostitute") + γράφω (graphō, “I write").
From Wiktionary
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