pedophilic

English

Alternative forms

• paedophilic (UK)
• pædophilic (dated)

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) +‎ -philic.

Adjective

pedophilic (comparative more pedophilic, superlative most pedophilic)

1. 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.

Antonyms

• teleiophilic

Derived terms

• pedophilically
• pedophilic disorder

Related terms

• pedophile, paedophile
• pedophilia, paedophilia
• pedosexual; pedosexuality

Translations

of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia

• Danish: pædofil
• Dutch: pedofiel (nl)
• Finnish: pedofiilinen
• German: pädophil (de)
• Italian: pedofilo (it), paidofilo (it)
• Polish: pedofilski (pl), pedofilny
• Romanian: pedofil
• Spanish: pedófilo (es), paidófilo (es), pedofílico, paidofílico

Noun

pedophilic (plural pedophilics)

1. Synonym of 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.