adult movie
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5.5
- noun
- /əˈdʌlt ˈmuːvi/
- NSFW
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película para adultos
- Why do they call them adult movies if they're so juvenile?
- pay-per-view adult movie
- considering doing an adult movie
- doing an adult movie
Examples
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It began as a dare by the infamous Annie Sprinkle, who challenged me to bring adult movie consumption offline and back into theaters.
Academic text (2012) -
Dinner for two, champagne... double Swedish massage, adult movies.
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I loved watching adult movies.
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Go back to making your adult movie.
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It's richly rewarding in ways even indie adult movies rarely are these days.
Blog text (15) -
When I was in Germany and Switzerland for Oktoberfest this year, I noticed an abundance of adult movie theaters, whereas there are very few adult cinemas in the US.
Blog text (5) -
The theater specializes in showing adult movies that are explicitly for mature audiences.
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Many streaming services have a section dedicated to adult movies for those interested in explicit content.
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He decided to watch an adult movie after ensuring that no one else was home.
Synonyms
341
5.2
Photos, films, or writing that show sex to make people want sex
138
7.2
Images and films that show sex and naked people to make people want sex
17
8.0
Books, photos or films that show people having sex to make people feel sexual desire
2
9.7
A movie that shows sexual acts for adults
How Explicit
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a film suitable only for adults' is directly compositional from 'adult' (restricted/mature) + 'movie' (film) following a standard adjective + noun pattern. This logic is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will normally infer the intended restricted/explicit-film sense (though exact connotations like sexual explicitness vs. mature themes may vary).
Etymology
Adult movie simply names a movie meant for adults; imagine a film poster or a door with a big 'Adults only' sign on it. That's why it means 'for adults' only, because the film has sexual or strong content.