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Narrator: Today's word is "Pornographic" — adjective, pronounced /ˌpɔːnəˈɡræfɪk/, with the stress on "graph".
Narrator: Pornographic means showing or describing sexual acts in a way intended to arouse.
Narrator: In plain English, pornographic describes books, films or images that are sexually explicit.
Narrator: It is built from pornography plus the suffix ic, meaning relating to.
Narrator: "Pornographic material" describes books, videos or images that are sexually explicit and intended to arouse.
Narrator: It differs from obscene because pornographic specifically refers to sexual arousal, whereas obscene can mean generally offensive or disgusting.
Narrator: "Pornographic content" is a phrase used in law and moderation for sexually explicit media.
Narrator: Law, media regulation, child protection, sociology and content moderation all rely on the word pornographic.
Narrator: So remember: pornographic means sexually explicit, from pornography plus ic.
Speaker A: The film was rated eighteen for pornographic content. Is that the same as obscene?
Speaker B: Close but not identical! PORNOGRAPHIC joins pornography with ic, and it specifically means sexually explicit material, whereas obscene can also mean generally offensive.
Speaker A: So all pornographic is obscene, but not the other way round?
Speaker B: Exactly — obscene is the broader word!
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The film contains pornographic scenes"; "he was charged with possessing pornographic images"; "the book was banned as pornographic" — a film, a charge, and a ban.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not use pornographic for merely suggestive content, because the word requires explicit sexual depiction; and the stress falls on graph, not por.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: "Obscene" the broader cousin, "explicit" the direct twin, "indecent" the milder alternative. The pornographic keeps its explicit, legal-sense charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "pornographic" in AI prompts — useful for content moderation tools and legal policy drafters.
Speaker A: So a prompt could write a moderation rule?
Speaker B: Right. For a moderation app, you'd write:
Prompt: Write a short content policy explaining how the platform handles pornographic material, naming one exception for educational context.
Speaker A: How about a legal tool?
Speaker B: Ask the model to summarise a law:
Prompt: Summarise in three sentences how the law treats the distribution of pornographic material to minors, naming one key offence.
Speaker A: Could it help with a film classification guide?
Speaker B: Yes, you can explain a rating:
Prompt: Explain in two sentences why a film might receive an eighteen rating for pornographic content, and name one other factor that can raise a rating.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: For a parent safety app, try this:
Prompt: Write a short guide for parents on setting filters that block pornographic content on a home network, naming one tool and one conversation to have.
Pornographic — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary