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==English==
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* {{qualifier|British}} [[paedophilia]], [[pædophilia]]
* {{qualifier|British}} [[paedophilia]], [[pædophilia]]


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{suffix|pedo-|philia}}.
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}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
*{{a|UK}} {{IPA|/piːdəˈfɪlɪə/}}
* {{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.}}
# {{rfv-sense}} Sexual [[act]]s committed by adults with children.
#* '''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:
#*: 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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#* '''2009''', Ann Wolbert Burgess, Cheryl Regehr, Albert R. Roberts, ''Victimology: theories and applications'', page 150:
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#*: Prior to the Internet, people who engaged in ''pedophilia'' usually had to pursue this activity alone and had to keep it extremely secret.
# {{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.
# {{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'')
#* '''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:
#*: 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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#* '''2009''', Ann Wolbert Burgess, Cheryl Regehr, Albert R. Roberts, ''Victimology: theories and applications'', page 150:
# 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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#*: Prior to the Internet, people who engaged in '''''pedophilia''''' usually had to pursue this activity alone and had to keep it extremely secret.


====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====

Revision as of 09:17, 25 April 2011

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • enPR: păd'ə-fĭl'ē-ə

Noun

pedophilia (uncountable)

  1. 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.

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