carnography

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

carnography

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.

Synonyms

violence porn
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