korephilia
UK/kɒɹɪˈfɪlɪə/US/ˌkɔɹɪˈfɪli.ə/
korephilia noun: erotic attraction of a woman or older female toward young girls.
Noun
korephilia (uncountable)
- Erotic attraction of a woman or older female toward young girls.
- It seems safe to assume that the panelists were referring to (pick your term) man–boy love, pederasty, ephebophilia. They may also have been referring to korephilia (woman–girl) and (looking internationally) may have been referring to paedophilia, since Dutch reformers seem to have seized on this...1991, Geoffrey Scott Puterbaugh (username), “Morning Gays at the AHA” in soc.motss, Usenet
- Paedophilia and korephilia, respectively adult male and female ‘sexual love directed towards children…in pre-puberty and early adolescence’ (PIE 1978), have been openly championed by various organisations in the recent past.1993, David T. Evans, chapter 8, in Sexual Citizenship: The Material Construction of Sexualities, published 2004, page 220
- Synonyms:
- korerasty
Examples of korephilia in a sentence
- How many posts about korephilia are being made to already existing newsgroups at the moment?1998, Ruediger Landmann (username), “Re: Proposal: alt.binaries.korephile” in alt.config, Usenet
- Contemporary pederasty and korephilia differ from classical norms in that the younger partner may…take sexual initiative rather than be passive in serving the pleasures of the older partner.2008, Bonnie G. Smith (editor), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History III: Kaffka–Service Sector, “Pederasty”
Synonyms of korephilia
- korerasty
Origin of korephilia
From the Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) + φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā, “love”), coined by analogy with pedophilia.
Questions about korephilia
- What does korephilia mean?
- Korephilia means erotic attraction of a woman or older female toward young girls.
- How do you use korephilia in a sentence?
- How many posts about korephilia are being made to already existing newsgroups at the moment?
- What part of speech is korephilia?
- Korephilia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce korephilia?
- Korephilia is pronounced /ˌkɔɹɪˈfɪli.ə/ (US).
Words near korephilia in the dictionary
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