pederosis
Sexual impulse directed towards childrenSexual impulse directed towards children; paedophilia
Meaning
1 senses(rare, uncountable)Sexual impulse directed towards children; paedophilia
Origin
From pedo- (“child”) + eros (“love”) + -osis (“disease, condition”).From pedo- (“child”) + eros (“love”) + -osis (“disease, condition”).
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedpederotic
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable