Obscenity, pornography and indecency [1]

Obscenity, pornography and indecency: What are the differences between these terms?

Obscenity is when a verbal or non-verbal act is offensive to others, while indecency is less so, but is still improper. Pornography is materials or works containing sexualcontents.

Obscenity

• the trait of behaving in an obscene manner
• an offensive or indecent word or phrase
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• Obscenity (in Latin obscenus, meaning "foul, repulsive, detestable")
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• Something that is obscene; An act of obscene behaviour; Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obscenity

• obscene - designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
• obscene - abhorrent: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels"
• obscene - lewd: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks"
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• obscene - Offensive to the current standards of decency or morality; Lewd or lustful; Disgusting or repulsive; Beyond all reason; Liable to deprave or corrupt
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Pornography

• creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
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• Pornography or porn is the explicit depiction of sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer. It is to a certain extent similar to erotica, which is the use of sexually arousing imagery.
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• pornographic - designed to arouse lust; "pornographic films and magazines"; "adult movies"
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• pornographer - someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores
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• Writing intended to provoke feelings of lust in the reader. Such works are often condemned by critics and teachers, but those which can be shown to have literary value are viewed less harshly. ...
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• Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.
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• With the exclusion of the tasteful use of nudity in artwork, images depicting pornographic acts including intercourse, masturbation, abuse or bestiality, and/or links to pornographic or offensive websites will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
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• The explicit description or exhibition of obscene literature, art or photography, generally intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.
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Indecency

• the quality of being indecent
• an indecent or improper act
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• lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent; something showing lack of decency; something such as a word that is indecent
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• indecent - not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste"; "indecorous behavior ...
• indecent - offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture"
• indecent - offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a bathing suit considered indecent by local standards"
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• indecent - offensive to good taste; not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest or unseemly
  en.wiktionary.org/wiki/indecent