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pedophilic en · ADJ

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) + -philic.

Meanings

  1. Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
    • In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies. 2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, page 125:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pædophilic alternative, dated lexicographic
paedophilic UK, alternative lexicographic
most pedophilic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more pedophilic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

teleiophilic

Deriveds

pedophilically · pedophilic disorder

Relateds

pedophilia · pedophile · paedophile · pedosexual · pedosexuality · paedophilia

Translations (13)

fi pedofiilinen (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · pl pedofilny (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · da pædofil (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · ro pedofil (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · nl pedofiel (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · es pedófilo (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · pl pedofilski (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · es pedofílico (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · de pädophil (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · es paidofílico (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · it paidofilo (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · it pedofilo (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia) · es paidófilo (of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia)

pedophilic en · NOUN

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) + -philic.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of pedophile.
    • [N]ot all child sexual abusers are pedophilics. 1996, Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason, Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior, page 230:

Forms

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pedophilics Number=Plur lexicographic
pædophilic alternative, dated lexicographic
paedophilic UK, alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

pedophile