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childlove

childlove noun: paedophilic, hebephilic, or ephebophilic attraction to children of either sex; paedophilia or hebephilia.

Noun

childlove (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic) Paedophilic, hebephilic, or ephebophilic attraction to children of either sex; paedophilia or hebephilia.
    • The purpose of the website, according to Ashford, is to "explain my ideal of consensual childlove".2008, Nancy Billias, Territories of Evil

childlove meaning in Bengali

childlove in Bengali

হেবেফিলিক, এফেবোফিলিক আকর্ষণ, পেডোফিলিয়া, হেবেফিলিয়া

Origin of childlove

From child + love, a calque of Ancient Greek παιδοφιλίᾱ (paidophilíā).

Questions about childlove

What does childlove mean?
Childlove means paedophilic, hebephilic, or ephebophilic attraction to children of either sex; paedophilia or hebephilia.
What is childlove in Bengali?
Childlove in Bengali is হেবেফিলিক, এফেবোফিলিক আকর্ষণ, পেডোফিলিয়া. See Childlove meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is childlove?
Childlove is a noun.

Words near childlove in the dictionary

  1. childlines
  2. childliness
  3. childling
  4. childlings
  5. childlore
  6. childlove
  7. childlover
  8. childlovers
  9. childly
  10. childmind
  11. childminded

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: childlove (page history and authors); childlove (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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