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pornoviolence

pornoviolence noun: graphic written or audiovisual depictions of violence intended to appeal to a prurient audience interest.

Noun

pornoviolence (uncountable)

  1. Graphic written or audiovisual depictions of violence intended to appeal to a prurient audience interest.

Origin of pornoviolence

Coined in a 1967 essay by American author Tom Wolfe, from porno- + violence.

Questions about pornoviolence

What does pornoviolence mean?
Pornoviolence means graphic written or audiovisual depictions of violence intended to appeal to a prurient audience interest.
What part of speech is pornoviolence?
Pornoviolence is a noun.

Words near pornoviolence in the dictionary

  1. pornotopic
  2. pornotrope
  3. pornotroped
  4. pornotropes
  5. pornotroping
  6. pornoviolence
  7. porns
  8. pornscape
  9. pornscapes
  10. pornsick
  11. pornsite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pornoviolence (page history and authors). 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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