pornography
n. writings or images (e.g., illustrations, films) with blunt, often exploitative sexual content designed solely to arouse a sexual response and to satisfy the sexual urges of the beholder. Although legal interpretations of pornography vary, they tend to focus on it as a violation of community standards, with no redeeming artistic value. See also erotica. —pornographic
adj.
[from Greek pornographos, literally: “writing about prostitutes”]