pedophile

See also: pédophile

English

Alternative forms

• paedophile (British spelling)
• pædophile (dated)

Etymology

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From pedo- +‎ -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophílēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) and φιλέω (philéō, “I love”)).

Pronunciation

• enPR: pēd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/

• Audio (UK):

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• enPR: pĕd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dəˌfaɪl/, /ˈpɛ.doʊˌfaɪl/
• enPR: pĕd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dəˌfɑel/, /ˈpɛ.dəʉˌfɑel/

Noun

pedophile (plural pedophiles) (American spelling)

1. (general use) An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child.
2. (psychiatry) A person aged 16 years old or older who is mostly or only sexually attracted toward prepubescent children. [from 20th c.]
   • 1982, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Abstracts, volume 14‎, page 253:

     Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.

   • 1986, Patrick B. McGuigan & Jon S. Pascale, Crime and Punishment in Modern America‎, page 109:

     The pedophile, a particular type of child molester, is an adult whose conscious sexual interests and overt sexual behavior are directly either partially or exclusively toward children.

Usage notes

• In the US, the official psychiatric designation for pedophilic disorder (according to the DSM-IV) is: "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."

Synonyms

• childlover (euphemistic)

Antonyms

• teleiophile

Hyponyms

• mysoped (“a sadistic pedophile”)
• korephile

Derived terms

• pedophilish
• pedophilophile, paedophilophile (humorous)
• predophile

 

Related terms

• ephebophile
• pederast, paederast
• pedophilia, paedophilia
• pedophilic, paedophilic
• pedosexual; pedosexuality

 

Translations

an adult who is sexually attracted to children

• Armenian: մանկապիղծ (mankapiġc)
• Bulgarian: педофил m (pedofil)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戀童癖患者／恋童癖患者 (liàntóngpǐ huànzhě), 恋童癖患者 (liàntóngpǐ huànzhě)

• Czech: pedofil (cs) m
• Danish: pædofil c
• Dutch: pedofiel (nl) m
• Esperanto: pedofilo
• Finnish: pedofiili (fi)
• French: pédophile (fr) m or f
• German: Pädophiler (de)
• Greek: παιδεραστής (el) m (paiderastís)
• Hebrew: פדופיל (he) m (pedofil)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: péidifileach m
• Italian: pedofilo (it) m
• Japanese: 小児性愛者 (しょうにせいあいしゃ, shōniseiaisha), 小児愛者 (しょうにあいしゃ, shōniaisha), ロリコン (ja) (rorikon)
• Macedonian: педофи́л m (pedofíl)
• Norwegian: pedofili
• Polish: pedofil (pl) m
• Portuguese: pedófilo (pt) m, pedófila (pt) f
• Russian: педофи́л (ru) m (pedofíl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: педо̀фӣл m

  Roman: pedòfīl (sh) m

• Spanish: pedófilo (es) m
• Swedish: pedofil (sv) c
• Walloon: margougneu d’ efant (wa) m