pornographynoun/pɔːˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

• 1

  The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature.

  • Many websites have a complete ban on pornography.
  • 1929, D. H. Lawrence, Pornography and Obscenity, pamphlet, republished in 1998, Michael Herbert (editor), D. H. Lawrence: Selected Critical Writings, Oxford University Press, page 294, What is pornography to one man is the laughter of genius to another.
• 2

  The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction.

  • "It's true," Vanya now, "look at the forms of capitalist expression. Pornographies of love, erotic love, Christian love, boy-and-his-dog, pornographies of sunsets, pornographies of killing, and pornographies of deduction — ahh, that sigh when we guess the murderer — all these novels, these films and songs and they lull us with, they're approaches, more comfortable and less so, to that Absolute Comfort." A pause to allow Rudi a quick and sour grin, "The self-induced orgasm."
• 3

  The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.

  • In The Four Pillars of Wisdom, he devotes a well-deserved chapter to the financial press and its weakness for "financial pornography"—lurid coverage of star money managers.

pornographyverb/pɔːˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

• 1

  To turn into pornography.

  • Their very being is so pornographied by automated content filters that they are largely barred from sexual expression online.
  • [JD] Vance also expressed concerns about the use of AI technology, adding that it was being used to fuel “hyper-pornographied slop”, sources at the meeting said.