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Given that we already refer to the Byz. Grk παιδοφιλία, I don’t see what referring to the A. Grk παῖς + φιλέω adds, and I don’t think that this entry should be in Category:English terms derived from Ancient Greek.
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
An adaptation of the {{etyl|de|en}} {{m|de|Pädophilie}}, bringing its spelling into conformity with {{confix|pedo|philia|lang=en}}, from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{m|grc|παῖς||boy, child}} and {{m|grc|φιλέω||I love}}. Compare the {{etyl|gkm|-}} {{m|grc|παιδοφιλία||love of children}}.
An adaptation of the {{etyl|de|en}} {{m|de|Pädophilie}}, bringing its spelling into conformity with {{confix|pedo|philia|lang=en}}. Compare the {{etyl|gkm|-}} {{m|grc|παιδοφιλία||love of children}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

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Etymology

An adaptation of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Pädophilie, bringing its spelling into conformity with Lua error in Module:affix/templates at line 130: The |lang= parameter is not used by this template. Place the language code in parameter 1 instead.. Compare the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "gkm" is not valid. See WT:LOL. παιδοφιλία (paidophilía, “love of children”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pedophilia (countable and uncountable, plural pedophilias)

  1. Sexual feelings or desires by adults towards minors.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (medicine, more strictly) Mental disorder in which an adult or adolescent aged 16 years or older is primarily or exclusively sexually attracted to prepubescent children.[1]
  3. Sexual activity between adults and (prepubescent) children.
  4. (countable, crime) A sex offense committed against a child.

Usage note

  • Many psychologists recommend against using the term pedophilia to denote sexual activities with children, because not all people with a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children (i.e., pedophilia) commit such acts, and child molesters often lack a strong sexual interest in prepubescent children.[2][3] Furthermore, psychological texts define pedophilia as a primary or exclusive attraction towards specifically prepubescent children;[4] primary or exclusive attraction towards pubescent children is known as hebephilia and towards post-pubescent adolescents ephebophilia. See Wikipedia for more information.

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Translations

(medicine) sexual feeling or desire by adults or older adolescents towards prepubescent children
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References

  1. ^ database record of "2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 302.2 – Pedophilia" at icd9data.com, Alkaline Software
  2. ^ Seto, Michael (2008). Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. p. vii.
  3. ^ Lanning, Kenneth V. (2010). Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis (fifth ed.). National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. pp. 29–30 (45–46 of PDF).
  4. ^ American Psychiatric Association, ed. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (fifth ed.). American Psychiatric Publishing. p. 697.
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