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

Examples of anti-pornography in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

One of these anti-pornography bills was passed into law in 2021 in Utah but cannot go into effect unless five additional states pass similar laws — a provision included to prevent Big Tech companies from isolating the state after passing the law. —Ben Goggin, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2023

Anderson participates in many areas of political activism, namely PETA, AIDS awareness, anti-pornography and whale conservation. —Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1922, in the meaning defined above