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killographic

killographic adjective: featuring graphic depictions of violence, especially of an intensity or form considered excessive and socially harmful.

Adjective

killographic (comparative more killographic, superlative most killographic)

  1. Featuring graphic depictions of violence, especially of an intensity or form considered excessive and socially harmful.
    • There's something of the chicken-and-egg debate about killographic video games. Do they produce real-world aggression, or are the games merely mirroring actual violence in our society?2005 December 23, Chris Noon, “Good News For Probst's EA As Judge Blocks Game Law”, in Forbes

Forms of killographic

comparativemore killographic
superlativemost killographic

Origin of killographic

From kill + -o- + -graphic, on the pattern of pornographic. Coined by the National Institute on Media and the Family in 2003.

Questions about killographic

What does killographic mean?
Killographic means featuring graphic depictions of violence, especially of an intensity or form considered excessive and socially harmful.
What part of speech is killographic?
Killographic is an adjective.

Words near killographic in the dictionary

  1. killocks
  2. killoff
  3. killoffs
  4. killogie
  5. killogies
  6. killographic
  7. killology
  8. Killonan
  9. Killongbutta
  10. Killora
  11. Killoran

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