pedophilic
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- paedophilic (British)
- pædophilic (British, dated)
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pedophilic (comparative more pedophilic, superlative most pedophilic)
- Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
- 2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, page 125:
- In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.
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Translations[edit]
of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Noun[edit]
pedophilic (plural pedophilics)
- A pedophile.
- 1996, Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason, Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior, page 230:
- [N]ot all child sexual abusers are pedophilics.