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or antismut
: characterized by or expressing opposition to pornography
a tireless antismut crusader …—
B. J. Oliphant
B. J. Oliphant… the Times reported that 142 so-called adult businesses now operate in New York City—just two fewer than in 1998, when Giuliani first launched his anti-smut campaign.—Eric Fettmann
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People will decide to read things that would be deplored by literary critics or anti-smut campaigners or religious clerics or card-carrying rationalists.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Anti-smut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-smut. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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