296. Obscenity


aischrolatreia
1. the cult of the obscene.
2. the worship of filth.
aischrology
the vocabulary of obscenity; linguistic filthiness.
comstockery
the act or policy of censorship or expurgation on moral grounds, after Anthony Comstock (1844-1915), campaigner against vice.
coprolalia
the habitual use of foul language.
coprolalomania
a mania for foul speech.
coprology
1. the introduction of obscenity into art and literature.
2. obscene literature.
3. the study of obscene literature.
4. scatology.
coprophilia
a love of obscenity.
pornographomania
an abnormal interest in pornography.
pornography
any literature, film, or pictures that are judged obscene or indecent, especially because of sexual explicitness. — pornographer, n. —pornographic, adj.
rhyparography
the painting of sordid and obscene subjects. — rhyparographer, n. rhyparographic, adj.
scatology
the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity. Also called coprology. —scatologic, scatological, adj.

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