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carnography

carnography noun: any writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of bloodshed or violence.

Noun

carnography (uncountable)

  1. Any writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of bloodshed or violence.
    • In 1986, Philip Brophy noted in Screen magazine that the horror film defied critics' attempts to deal with it as other than plotless carnography, gore, and effects for an increasingly brutalized mass audience.1995, Linda Badley, Film, horror, and the body fantastic, page 6
    Synonyms:
    violence porn

Synonyms of carnography

  • violence porn

Origin of carnography

From Latin carnis (“meat”) and Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”), by analogy to pornography. Although it is often taken to be a blend carnage and pornography, this is not the case.

Questions about carnography

What does carnography mean?
Carnography means any writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of bloodshed or violence.
What part of speech is carnography?
Carnography is a noun.

Words near carnography in the dictionary

  1. carnobacteria
  2. carnobacterium
  3. Carnochan
  4. carnocin
  5. carnocyclin
  6. carnography
  7. Carnon
  8. Carnon Downs
  9. carnophobia
  10. carnosate
  11. carnosates

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