anti-pornography
adjective
an·ti-por·nog·ra·phy
ˌan-tē-pȯr-ˈnä-grə-fē 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or antipornography
: opposed to pornography
… a growing antipornography movement that condemns explicit films not on traditional moral or religious grounds, but by saying they degrade women and perpetuate inequality.—
John R. Wilke
John R. WilkeExamples of anti-pornography in a Sentence
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The Center for Christian Virtue (CCV) has grown from a small anti-pornography group into Ohio's largest Christian policy organization.
—Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2025
Indonesia enforces some of the toughest anti-pornography laws in the region.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The original video was recorded by the anti-pornography activist Melinda Tankard Reist, who interviewed seventh-graders in Far North Queensland.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
At the very least, however, Free Speech Coalition suggests that lawyers challenging anti-pornography laws may no longer raise privacy arguments as part of their challenge.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2025
And though the anti-pornography movement doesn’t have quite the same track record, its presence in the U.S. has been well documented for decades.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 22 June 2025
Many colorful figures had walk-on roles in the story, from the feminists Victoria Woodhull and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to the manic Civil War major general Benjamin Butler and the anti-pornography crusader Anthony Comstock.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
In Oklahoma, for example, Republican state senators put forth a bill last month that seeks to ban exchanging all explicit content, even if solicited, for anyone except married couples as part of a broader anti-pornography push.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2024
Hannah’s husband is now awaiting trial in jail, in part because of an anti-pornography app called Covenant Eyes.
—WIRED, 12 June 2023
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Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Dec. 2025
Indonesia enforces some of the toughest anti-pornography laws in the region.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
The original video was recorded by the anti-pornography activist Melinda Tankard Reist, who interviewed seventh-graders in Far North Queensland.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025
At the very least, however, Free Speech Coalition suggests that lawyers challenging anti-pornography laws may no longer raise privacy arguments as part of their challenge.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 27 June 2025
And though the anti-pornography movement doesn’t have quite the same track record, its presence in the U.S. has been well documented for decades.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 22 June 2025
Many colorful figures had walk-on roles in the story, from the feminists Victoria Woodhull and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to the manic Civil War major general Benjamin Butler and the anti-pornography crusader Anthony Comstock.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2024
In Oklahoma, for example, Republican state senators put forth a bill last month that seeks to ban exchanging all explicit content, even if solicited, for anyone except married couples as part of a broader anti-pornography push.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2024
Hannah’s husband is now awaiting trial in jail, in part because of an anti-pornography app called Covenant Eyes.
—WIRED, 12 June 2023
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