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pedophobic en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) + -phobic.

Meanings

  1. (US, not-comparable, rare) Having a fear of children.
    • What if clowns were pedophobic? They wouldn't be very happy. 2004, Natalie Kristina Goldstraw, Superlative: Echoes of the Postmodern Condition, page 101:

Forms

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paedophobic Commonwealth, alternative lexicographic

Relateds

pedophobia · pedophobe

pedophobic en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From pedo (“pedophile”) + -phobic.

Meanings

  1. (US, not-comparable, rare) Having a fear or hatred of pedophiles.
    • About that infamous video. You are obviously reffering^([sic]) to "Chicken Hawk(s)". I have been in contact with some of the people featured in that video, and advised that it was a bunch of pedophobic propoganda.^([sic]) 1996 December 5, brian jones, quoting Eden Chlamtac, “Clarification, re: NAMBLA [North American Man/Boy Love Association]”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:
    • I have yet to meet a boy who disliked being blown. By giving him pleasure, you increase the chance he will keep your secret to himself in our homophobic and pedophobic culture. 1993, NAMBLA Bulletin January-February pp. 26-31, quoted in In Loco Parentis: Sexual Abuse of Students in Schoolshttps://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED372511.pdf
    • Why is it that someone who does not agree with homosexuality is a homophobic person?? That is incorrect. I do not agree with pedophilia, does that make me pedophobic, I do not sanction sexual relations with dead people does that make me necrophobic?? 1996 August 27, Homer Brown, “Homosexual Oriegonean^([sic])”, in alt.culture.oregon (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025:

Forms

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paedophobic Commonwealth, alternative lexicographic

Relateds

pedophobia · pedophobe

Synonyms

pedophilophobic