pornography Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
    erotica; porno; smut; porn.

WordNet


Por*nog"ra*phy noun
Etymology
Gr. a harlot + -graphy.
Definitions
  1. Licentious painting or literature; especially, the painting anciently employed to decorate the walls of rooms devoted to bacchanalian orgies.
  2. (Med.) A treatise on prostitutes, or prostitution.

Webster 1913