pseudopornographic

adjective

Apparently, but not actually or entirely, pornographic.

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Meanings

adjectivepseudopornographic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableApparently, but not actually or entirely, pornographic.

    Between 1980 and 1990 prison films that addressed women were pseudopornographic films, sensationalizing sexual acts between women behind bars, that do little to educate audiences about the realities of the lives of women behind bars […]

    2007, Erica R. Meiners, Right to be hostile

Origin

From pseudo- + pornographic.

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APA

pseudopornographic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopornographic

MLA

“pseudopornographic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopornographic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudopornographic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopornographic.

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