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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

teleiophile en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /tɛˈleɪ.əˌfaɪl/
  • /tɛˈlaɪ.əˌfaɪl/

Etymology

From teleio- + -phile.

Meanings

  1. (rare) A person who is sexually attracted to adults.
    • Daniel Bergner, age 48, the divorced father of two teenage children, is what sexologists would call a straight, vanilla teleiophile. 2009 January 24, Charles Mcgrath, “Surveying the Outer Reaches of Lust”, in New York Times:
    • Of the remaining 428, 70 were classified as pedophiles, 225 as hebephiles, and 133 as teleiophiles. 2003, Ray Blanchard et al., “Self-Reported Head Injuries Before and After Age 13 in Pedophilic and Nonpedophilic Men Referred for Clinical Assessment”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, →DOI:

Forms

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Coordinates

gerontophile · ephebophile · pedophile · hebephile

Hypernyms

normophile

Relateds

teleiophilia · teleiophilic

Synonyms

adultophile