pornographies

Noun

pornography (usually uncountable, plural pornographies)

1. (usually) 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.
2. (broadly, usually) 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...1973, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 19, in Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 1: Beyond the Zero, page 155
3. (humorous, usually) 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.2002 August 4, The Seattle Times

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