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hebophilic

hebophilic is the misspelling of hebephilic.

Meaning of hebephilic

Adjective

hebephilic (comparative more hebephilic, superlative most hebephilic)

  1. Relating to, or exhibiting hebephilia (a preference for adolescent girls)
    • Hebephilic offenders (those who prefer adolescent girls) and ephebophilic offenders (those with a homosexual preference for adolescent boys) exhibit characteristics which parallel those of the pedophile.1980 Sexual Abuse of Children: Selected Readings page 30 (in chapter 7: "The Nature and Treatment of Male Sex Offenders" by Ronald M. Costell, M.D.)

Questions about hebophilic

What is hebophilic the misspelling of?
Hebophilic is the misspelling of hebephilic.

Words near hebophilic in the dictionary

  1. Hebonics
  2. hebophile
  3. hebophiles
  4. hebophilia
  5. hebophiliac
  6. hebophilic
  7. Hebr.
  8. hebra
  9. Hebra-
  10. Hebraean
  11. Hebraeans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hebophilic (page history and authors); hebephilic (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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