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infantophilia en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English infant Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der. English -philia English infantophilia From infant + -o- + -philia.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The primary sexual attraction of adults to infants and toddlers (defined by various studies as 0–4 years old).

Relateds

pedophilia · infantophile · toddlercon · infantilism

Synonyms

nepiophilia

Translations (4)

ja ベビーコンプレックス (attraction to small children) · pt infantofilia (attraction to small children) · da infantofili (attraction to small children) · br nepiofiliezh (attraction to small children)