Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carnography

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: carnog-ra-phy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of bloodshed or violence.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 1986, Philip Brophy noted in Screen magazine that the horror film defied critics' attempts to deal with it as other than plotless carnography, gore, and effects for an increasingly brutalized mass audience."

Etymology

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.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

violence porn

Questions

What does carnography mean?: Any writing, films, images, or other material that contains gratuitous amounts of bloodshed or violence.
Where does carnography come from?: 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.

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