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- Dictionaryporn/pɔːn/
noun
- 1. pornography: "hardcore porn"
- 2. television programmes, magazines, books, etc. that are regarded as emphasizing the sensuous or sensational aspects of a non-sexual subject and stimulating a compulsive interest in their audience: "like much of the country, I drool over gastro-porn on telly"
adjective
- 1. pornographic: "a porn film"
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Porn definition: pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively). See examples of PORN used in a sentence.
pictures, books, television shows, newspaper articles, etc. that are intended to be exciting for people interested in a particular subject or particular product: Half the shows on TV are either food porn or property porn.
The meaning of PORN is pornography —often used before another noun. How to use porn in a sentence.
1. : the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement. 2. : material (such as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement. 3. : the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction.
/pɔːˈnɒɡrəfi/ /pɔːrˈnɑːɡrəfi/ (also informal porn) [uncountable] (disapproving) magazines, DVDs, websites, etc. that describe or show naked people and sexual acts in order to make people feel sexually excited, especially in a way that many other people find offensive. child pornography. the distribution of pornography.
pornography, representation of sexual behaviour in books, pictures, statues, films, and other media that is intended to cause sexual excitement. The distinction between pornography (illicit and condemned material) and erotica (which is broadly tolerated) is largely subjective and reflects changing community standards.
Books, photographs, magazines, art, or music designed to excite sexual impulses and considered by public authorities or public opinion as in violation of accepted standards of sexual morality. American courts have not yet settled on a satisfactory definition of what constitutes pornographic material. ( See obscenity .)
