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carnography

The English word “carnography” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

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.

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