infantophilia

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English infant

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s

Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā)der.

English -philia

English infantophilia

From infant + -o- + -philia.

Noun

infantophilia (uncountable)

1. The primary sexual attraction of adults to infants and toddlers (defined by various studies as 0–4 years old).

Synonyms

• nepiophilia

Related terms

• infantophile

Translations

attraction to small children

• Breton: nepiofiliezh
• Danish: infantofili
• Japanese: ベビーコンプレックス
• Portuguese: infantofilia f

See also

• infantilism
• pedophilia
• toddlercon

References

• Greenberg, D. M.; Bradford, J.; and Curry S. (1995). Infantophilia -— a new subcategory of pedophilia?: a preliminary study. The Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 23(1), 63-71.
• Cohen, Lisa J.; and Galynker, Igor I. (2002). Clinical Features of Pedophilia and Implications for Treatment., Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 8(5), 276-289.