pedophocracy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pedophile +‎ -o- +‎ -cracy Coined by David McGowan in his 2001 book by that name.

Noun[edit]

pedophocracy (plural pedophocracies)

  1. A social structure that enables pedophilia among the powerful and provides mechanisms for keeping it secret.
    • 2001, David McGowan, The Pedophocracy:
      (see title)
    • 2008 September 6, krp, “elizabeth loftus and Steve Morgan's whacky world of "science."”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet):
      You live in a pedophocracy. As a former Italian minister said, the EU was set up to make paedophilia easier.
    • 2008 September 6, Stephen Morgan, “elizabeth loftus”, in soc.men (Usenet):
      We live in a "pedophocracy", to quote the name of an article on the subject. You want to look it up.
    • 2011, Matthew St. Amand, Shut Up & Keep Shopping, →ISBN, page 208:
      In fact, I bet it won't be long before the Vatican relocates here, relieved and happy to finally find a haven for its priestly pedophocracy.