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pornographic

/ˌpɔː(ɹ)nəˈɡɹæfɪk/

pornographic adjective: containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.

Adjective

pornographic (comparative more pornographic, superlative most pornographic)

  1. Containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.
    • Trying to write honestly about pornographic films is like trying to tie one's shoe while walking: it's practically impossible without sacrificing stride and balance and a certain amount of ordinary dignity, the sort one uses with bank tellers who question a signature.1973 January 21, Vincent Canby, “What Are We To Think of ‘Deep Throat’?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    • The intent to make the "MMR question" as serious as possible resulted in an almost pornographic obsession with suffering children.2021 May 26, Harry Brewis, 33:33 from the start, in Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2024

pornographic meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

pornographic in Hindi

containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
वयस्क सामग्री vayask sāmagrī, अश्लील सामग्री aślīl sāmagrī

pornographic in Marathi

containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity
संभोगदर्शक sambhogdarśak

pornographic in Urdu

pornographic, smutty
فحش fuhś

pornographic in Bengali

pornographic
পর্নোগ্রাফিক pôrnographik
More languagesFewer languages
pornographic in Malayalam
അശ്ലീലസാഹിത്യമായ, അശ്ലീലചിത്രമോ സാഹിത്യമോ ഉൾക്കൊണ്ട, അശ്ലീലാശയങ്ങൾ നിറഞ്ഞ, കാമോദ്ദീപക
pornographic in Tagalog
pornograpiko
pornographic in Indonesian
pornografis
pornographic in Thai
ลามก laa-mók
pornographic in Vietnamese
khiêu dâm

Synonyms of pornographic

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of pornographic

Forms of pornographic

comparativemore pornographic
superlativemost pornographic

Origin of pornographic

From pornography + -ic.

Words formed from pornographic

Words that rhyme with pornographic

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about pornographic

What does pornographic mean?
Pornographic means containing an explicit depiction of sexual activity.
What is pornographic in Hindi?
Pornographic in Hindi is वयस्क सामग्री (vayask sāmagrī), अश्लील सामग्री (aślīl sāmagrī). See Pornographic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pornographic?
Pornographic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pornographic?
Pornographic is pronounced /ˌpɔː(ɹ)nəˈɡɹæfɪk/.

Words near pornographic in the dictionary

  1. pornographed
  2. pornographer
  3. pornographers
  4. pornographess
  5. pornographesses
  6. pornographic
  7. pornographical
  8. pornographically
  9. pornographico-devotional
  10. pornographied
  11. pornographies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pornographic (page history and authors); فحش (Urdu) (page history and authors); পর্নোগ্রাফিক (Bengali) (page history and authors); pornographic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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