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pseudopornographic

pseudopornographic adjective: apparently, but not actually or entirely, pornographic.

Adjective

pseudopornographic (not comparable)

  1. Apparently, but not actually or entirely, pornographic.
    • Between 1980 and 1990 prison films that addressed women were pseudopornographic films, sensationalizing sexual acts between women behind bars, that do little to educate audiences about the realities of the lives of women behind bars […]2007, Erica R. Meiners, Right to be hostile

Origin of pseudopornographic

From pseudo- + pornographic.

Questions about pseudopornographic

What does pseudopornographic mean?
Pseudopornographic means apparently, but not actually or entirely, pornographic.
What part of speech is pseudopornographic?
Pseudopornographic is an adjective.

Words near pseudopornographic in the dictionary

  1. pseudopopulism
  2. pseudopopulist
  3. pseudoporate
  4. pseudopore
  5. pseudopores
  6. pseudopornographic
  7. pseudoporous
  8. pseudoporphyria
  9. pseudopotential
  10. pseudopotentials
  11. pseudopouch

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