pedophilia
Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent…Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.
» Ziri was an advocate of pedophilia.
Meaning
2 senses(US, countable, uncountable)Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.
Pädophilie
педофили́яpedofilíja
педофілі́яpedofilíja
a sexual attraction to children
(US, broadly, countable, proscribed, uncountable)Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.
педофили́яpedofilíja
Examples
14 sentencesZiri was an advocate of pedophilia.
Why is pedophilia constantly on your brain?
You're the one obsessed with kids and pedophilia.
You're the one making up pedophilia where none exists.
Channers love to project their own pedophilia onto queer people.
Translations
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Origin
Adapted from German Pädophilie, bringing its spelling into conformity with pedo- (“child”)Adapted from German Pädophilie, bringing its spelling into conformity with pedo- (“child”) + -philia. Compare the Byzantine Greek παιδοφιλία (paidophilía, “love of children”).
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Forms
plural: pedophiliasSynonyms
5 synonyms- a sexual attraction to children:paedophilia
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable