From French pornographie, from Ancient Greek πορνογράφος, from πορνεία ("fornication, prostitution") + γράφω ("I depict").

• (RP) IPA: /pɔːˈnɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
• (America) IPA: /pɔɹˈnɑ.ɡɹə.fi/

pornography (uncountable)

1. The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; any display of material of an erotic nature. [from mid-19th c.]

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   • 1929, D. H. Lawrence, Pornography and Obscenity, pamphlet, republished in 1998, Michael Herbert (editor), D. H. Lawrence: Selected Critical Writings, Oxford University Press, [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=XcK1kV9asvAC&pg=PA294&dq=%22What+is+pornography+to+one+man,+is+the+laughter+of+genius+to+another%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI3emm2_TWAhUFKpQKHbvCBqEQ6AEISTAG#v=onepage&q=%22What%20is%20pornography%20to%20one%20man%2C%20is%20the%20laughter%20of%20genius%20to%20another%22&f=false page 294],

     What is pornography to one man is the laughter of genius to another.

2. (by extension) The depiction of (non-sexual) subject matter so that it elicits feelings analogous to erotic pleasure; any such depiction.
   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 19, in Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 1: Beyond the Zero, page 155 ↗:

     "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 and songs and they lull us with, they're approaches, more comfortable and less so, to that Absolute Comfort." A pause to allow Rudi a quick and sour grin, "The self-induced orgasm."

3. (usually, humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.

• French: pornographie
• German: Pornografie
• Italian: pornografia
• Portuguese: pornografia
• Russian: порногра́фия
• Spanish: pornografía