pedophilic
English
editAlternative forms
edit- paedophilic (British)
- pædophilic (British, dated)
Etymology
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editpedophilic (comparative more pedophilic, superlative most pedophilic)
- Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
- 2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, page 125:
- 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.
Antonyms
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editof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Noun
editpedophilic (plural pedophilics)
- A pedophile.
- 1996, Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason, Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior, page 230:
- [N]ot all child sexual abusers are pedophilics.