| LC control no. | sh 85105008 |
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| LC classification | HQ471 HQ472 General NX650.E7 Arts |
| Topical heading | Pornography |
| Variant(s) | Literature, Immoral Porn Porno |
| See also | Sex industry Erotica |
| Found in | Am. heritage dict. (porn, also porno: slang: pornography) Oxford English dictionary online, Jan. 5, 2009 (pornography: the explicit description or exhibition of sexual subjects or activity in literature, painting, films, etc., in a manner intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic feelings; printed or visual material containing this) Random House college dictionary, c1980 (pornography: obscene literature, art, or photography, esp. that having little or no artistic merit) Webster's new collegiate dictionary, c1977 (pornography: 1. the depiction of erotic behavior (as in pictures or writing) intended to cause sexual excitement. 2. material (as books or a photograph) that depicts erotic behavior and is intended to cause sexual excitement) |
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