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pornification

pornification noun: conversion to the style or level of pornography.

Noun

pornification (uncountable)

  1. Conversion to the style or level of pornography.
    • Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the "pornification" of other women […]2006, Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
    • Perhaps the logical destination of this process of pornification is the increasing production of X-rated music videos, that is to say, explicit versions […]2007, Susanna Paasonen, Kaarina Nikunen, Laura Saarenmaa, Pornification: Sex and Sexuality in Media Culture

Origin of pornification

From porn + -ification.

Questions about pornification

What does pornification mean?
Pornification means conversion to the style or level of pornography.
What part of speech is pornification?
Pornification is a noun.

Words near pornification in the dictionary

  1. pornhwas
  2. pornie
  3. pornier
  4. pornies
  5. porniest
  6. pornification
  7. pornified
  8. pornifies
  9. pornify
  10. pornifying
  11. porniness

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