hebephilia

English

Etymology

From hebe- (“relating to youth”) +‎ -philia.

Noun

hebephilia (uncountable)

1. (dated) A sexual preference for adolescent girls.
   • 1975 Forensic Science Abstracts - Volume 1 - Page 216

     This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls)

   • 1989 Robert H. Rencken Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 10:

     paraphilias are included: hebephilia (adolescent girls) and ephebophilia (adolescent boys), although the dynamics of these latter two may be closer to those of adult attraction.

   Coordinate terms: korophilia, parthenophilia

2. Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children and younger adolescents.

   Coordinate terms: ephebophilia, pedophilia, teleiophilia

Derived terms

• hebephile, hebephiliac
• hebephilic
• pedohebephilia

See also

• ephebophilia
• pederasty, romantic or sexual relationship between a man and an adolescent boy

Further reading

• hebephilia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia