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as in adult
dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
opposition to a pornographic bookstore opening in the neighborhood
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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society
the store kept all of its pornographic DVDs locked up, thus ensuring that they would be accessible only to adults
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Recent Examples of pornographic
There is plenty of pornographic decoration in contemporary popular culture, but very little of it is consequential.
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Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Authorities alleged that their tactics included intimidating the women, placing them under constant surveillance and forcing them to perform pornographic acts that were then shared on social media.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
Earlier this year, a law that seeks to shield minors from addictive, violent, and pornographic online content took effect.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
Professor Glen-Peter Ahlers, 71, was arrested in February after at least hundreds of pornographic photos and videos of children were found on his hard drive.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
The illicit chatbots allegedly produced pornographic images.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Swift’s likeness has been used without permission in numerous AI fakes, including by Meta’s AI chatbots and in pornographic images that have circulated on the internet.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
This material included thousands of pornographic deepfakes that Kamnik had generated using AI tools.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
Police are investigating reports that Lake Zurich High School students used artificial intelligence to generate pornographic images of classmates, district officials said.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Authorities alleged that their tactics included intimidating the women, placing them under constant surveillance and forcing them to perform pornographic acts that were then shared on social media.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
Earlier this year, a law that seeks to shield minors from addictive, violent, and pornographic online content took effect.
—ABC News, 20 May 2026
Professor Glen-Peter Ahlers, 71, was arrested in February after at least hundreds of pornographic photos and videos of children were found on his hard drive.
—Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
The illicit chatbots allegedly produced pornographic images.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Swift’s likeness has been used without permission in numerous AI fakes, including by Meta’s AI chatbots and in pornographic images that have circulated on the internet.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
This material included thousands of pornographic deepfakes that Kamnik had generated using AI tools.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026
Police are investigating reports that Lake Zurich High School students used artificial intelligence to generate pornographic images of classmates, district officials said.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pornographic
Adjective
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Males dusky sharks can grow up to 14 feet, which is about the size of a sub-adult white shark, according to Chapman.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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It is estimated that, based on measures of blood glucose, lipids, and other parameters, less than 12% of the adult American population can even be said to metabolically healthy.—
Christopher Duggan,
STAT,
27 Mar. 2026
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It was seized by the post office (as Rosset had expected) and duly declared obscene by the postmaster of the city of New York, a man named Robert Christenberry.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Who says a man can’t appreciate the gleaming, obscene form of an Aston Martin supercar or the growl of its overpriced engine?—
Alex James Kane,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Despite its unnerving intimacy, which suggests either erotic pursuit or familiar proximity, the diminutive print calls to mind the photos of Saul Leiter, a figure surprisingly unmentioned in Ghirri’s essays despite his frequent fond allusions to American street photography.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The frantic pace of her erotic assignments seemed to give her the edge professionally.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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Apparently some fans were using some vulgar language toward Brunson in Game 1.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Doolan also received several emails calling her a vulgar word that typically refers to women.—
Maven Navarro
June 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 June 2026
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For whatever reason, production has decided that bombshell dates should be overnighters this year — perhaps as a sort of low-grade Casa Amor — and sprang for a set of Alaskan Kings to accommodate a minimum of three sexy singles in one.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
4 June 2026
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But protein tends to be sexier, tastier — just another reason to add another slice of bacon to that burger — and more youthful.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Cenac lacks efficiency and foul discipline at times — a weakness that was on display in the NCAA Tournament — but also has shown the potential to dominate the paint both as a defender and a scorer.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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Smith then lined the two-run homer just inside the foul pole in left field.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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The messages between Johnson and Duffey in 2024 revealed the two men used suggestive language.—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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First, Apple breezed through a new feature in the cycle tracking app that warns users of patterns that might be suggestive perimenopause or an underlying health condition.—
Mario Aguilar,
STAT,
9 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pornographic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pornographic. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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