Dictionary

pederasty en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpi.də.ɹæs.ti/ (US)
• /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹəs.ti/ (UK)
• /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹæs.ti/ (US)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”).

Meanings

1. (US, uncountable, usually) Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
   • […] aber die Entwürdigung der Frauen rächte sich an den Männern und entwürdigte auch sie, bis sie versanken in die Widerwärtigkeit der Knabenliebe und ihre Götter entwürdigten wie sich selbst durch den Mythus von Ganymed. 1962 [1891, 1884], Friedrich Engels, “II. Die Familie”, in Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats (Marx-Engels-Werke; 21), Dietz Verlag Berlin, page 67; English translation in “II. The Family”, in The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Foreign Languages Press, 1978, page 74:
   • Pederasty when committed with physical violence, a threat, or with respect to a minor, or when taking advantage of the dependent position of the injured party shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed eight years. 1961, Supreme Soviet of Russia, “Chapter 3, article 121”, in United States Joint Publication Research Service, transl., Criminal Code of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republicᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page 49:
2. (US, archaic, uncountable, usually) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

Forms

Antonyms

korephilia

Relateds

pederastic · pedophile · pederast

Synonyms

boylove

Translations (47)

ru мужело́жство (pederasty) · nl knapenschennis (pederasty) · sh pederstvo (pederasty) · ro pederastie (pederasty) · pt pederastia (pederasty) · de Päderastie (pederasty) · cs pederastie (pederasty) · ru педерасти́я (pederasty) · cmn 雞姦 /鸡奸 (pederasty) · el παιδεραστία (pederasty) · cmn 少年愛 /少年爱 (pederasty) · pl pederastia (pederasty) · tr oğlancılık (pederasty) · bn পেডেরাস্টি (pederasty) · cmn 男色 (pederasty) · cmn 好男色 (pederasty) · sk pederastia (pederasty) · fr pédérastie (pederasty) · sv pederasti (pederasty) · az oğlanbazlıq (pederasty) · hy արվամոլություն (pederasty) · fa شاهدبازی (pederasty) · nl knapenliefde (pederasty) · br pederastiezh (pederasty) · it pederastia (pederasty) · bg педерастия (pederasty) · az pederastiya (pederasty) · ja 少年愛 (pederasty) · cmn 孌童戀 /娈童恋 (pederasty) · es pederastia (pederasty) · ja 少年愛嗜好 (pederasty) · io pederasteso (pederasty) · et pederastia (pederasty) · ka მამათმავლობა (pederasty) · nb pederasti (pederasty) · grc παιδεραστίᾱ (pederasty) · ca pederàstia (pederasty) · lt pederastija (pederasty) · pl efebofilia (pederasty) · he פֶּדֶרַסְטְיָה (pederasty) · ga péidearastacht (pederasty) · da pæderasti (pederasty) · id perjantanan (pederasty) · fi pederastia (pederasty) · fa بچهبازی (pederasty) · ka პედერასტია (pederasty) · hy պեդիկացիա (pederasty)