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==English== |
==English== |
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* {{qualifier|British}} [[paedophilia]], [[pædophilia]] |
* {{qualifier|British}} [[paedophilia]], [[pædophilia]] |
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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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From {{suffix|pedo-|philia}}. |
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Recorded in English since 1905, derived from {{etyl|grc|en}} {{term|παιδόφιλος|sc=polytonic|tr=''paidophilos''|lang=grc}} < {{term|παῖς|sc=polytonic|tr=pais||boy, child|lang=grc}} and {{term|φίλος|sc=polytonic|tr=philos||loving|lang=grc}} |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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*{{a|UK}} {{IPA|/piːdəˈfɪlɪə/}} |
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* {{enPR|păd'ə-fĭl'ē-ə}} |
* {{enPR|păd'ə-fĭl'ē-ə}} |
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# [[sexual|Sexual]] or erotic [[feeling]]s or [[desire]]s directed by adults towards [[child]]ren. |
# [[sexual|Sexual]] or erotic [[feeling]]s or [[desire]]s directed by adults towards [[child]]ren. {{defdate|from 20th c.}} |
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# {{rfv-sense}} Sexual [[act]]s committed by adults with children. |
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#* '''2005''', Carol Weiss Lewis, Stuart Gilman, ''The ethics challenge in public service: a problem-solving guide'', page 88: |
#* '''2005''', Carol Weiss Lewis, Stuart Gilman, ''The ethics challenge in public service: a problem-solving guide'', page 88: |
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#*: Entire books have been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in '''pedophilia''', [...] |
#*: Entire books have been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in '''pedophilia''', [...] |
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# {{rfv-sense}} Whatever assumed manifestation of erotic feelings or desires directed towards [[child]]ren, for example using of child pornography, involvement in age unequal interrelationship with a child or an young person etc. |
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# {{psychiatry}} A [[paraphilia]] consisting of a primary adult sexual attraction to prepubescent children (''[[DSM-IV]]: Over a period of at least six months, recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children'') |
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#* '''2007''', Margaret Mary Wright, ''Judicial decision making in child sexual abuse cases'', page 122: |
#* '''2007''', Margaret Mary Wright, ''Judicial decision making in child sexual abuse cases'', page 122: |
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#*: As noted earlier, '''pedophilia''' was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of '''pedophilia'''. |
#*: As noted earlier, '''pedophilia''' was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of '''pedophilia'''. |
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# A general affection for children, the opposite of [[pedophobia]]. The erotic affection for children was originally (by Richard von Krafft-Ebing, 1886, ''Psychopathia sexualis'') called with a specifying adjective, ''peadophilia erotica'' in Latin. |
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Revision as of 09:17, 25 April 2011
English
Alternative forms
- (British) paedophilia, pædophilia
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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- enPR: păd'ə-fĭl'ē-ə
Noun
pedophilia (uncountable)
- Sexual or erotic feelings or desires directed by adults towards children. [from 20th c.]
- 2005, Carol Weiss Lewis, Stuart Gilman, The ethics challenge in public service: a problem-solving guide, page 88:
- Entire books have been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in pedophilia, [...]
- 2007, Margaret Mary Wright, Judicial decision making in child sexual abuse cases, page 122:
- As noted earlier, pedophilia was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of pedophilia.
- 2009, Ann Wolbert Burgess, Cheryl Regehr, Albert R. Roberts, Victimology: theories and applications, page 150:
- Prior to the Internet, people who engaged in pedophilia usually had to pursue this activity alone and had to keep it extremely secret.
- 2005, Carol Weiss Lewis, Stuart Gilman, The ethics challenge in public service: a problem-solving guide, page 88:
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Translations
sexual feeling of desire directed towards children
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