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