pedosexuality

English

Etymology

pedo- (“child”) +‎ sexuality

Noun

pedosexuality (uncountable)

1. (uncommon) Sexual activity between an adult and a child.
   • 2014, D. F. Swaab, We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, →ISBN:

     The idea that women can't be guilty of pedosexuality has been found to be a myth. Sexual abuse of children by women is usually perpetrated by mothers on their own offspring.

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Related terms

• pedosexual

Translations

sexual activity between an adult and a child

• French: pédosexualité (fr) f
• German: Pädosexualität f

See also

• pedophilia, pedophile, pedophilic, pedo