# pornotroping

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The process of reducing a person or group of people to mere flesh, stripped of personhood and made into the object of violent and sexual impulses.

## Etymology
Coined by Hortense J. Spillers in her 1987 essay “Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book”; porno- + trope + -ing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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