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# {{psychology}} 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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Revision as of 17:09, 31 March 2009
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. < (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. and (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.
Pronunciation
- enPR: păd'ə-fĭl'ē-ə
Alternative spellings
- (British) paedophilia, pædophilia
Noun
pedophilia (uncountable)
- sexual feelings directed towards children.
- Overt sexual acts directed towards children.
- Template:psychology 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)
Usage notes
The term pedophilia is often used to describe the behavior of adults sexually involved with children.Lua error in Module:debug at line 160: This template is not used on Wiktionary.