Etymology

carnography

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Today it means: Any writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of bloodshed or violence. Full definition →

Latin carnis
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  1. Latin · derived fromcarnis“meat”
  2. English todaycarnography

From Latin carnis (“meat”) and Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ, “writing”), by analogy to pornography. Although it is often taken to be a blend carnage and pornography, this is not the case.

Words from the same roots

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