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paedophilia

paedophilia noun: UK standard spelling of pedophilia.

Noun

paedophilia (countable and uncountable, plural paedophilias)

  1. UK standard spelling of pedophilia.
    • Yes, really. Blanchard has expanded the DSM's "paraphilia" section (where crimes such as paedophilia and exhibitionism go) to include transvestic disorder.2012 December 9, Paris Lees, “Transgender people get a status update”, in The Guardian

paedophilia meaning in Tamil

paedophilia in Tamil

சிறார்ப் புணர்ச்சியவா

Forms of paedophilia

pluralpaedophilias

Origin of paedophilia

From paedo- + -philia.

Questions about paedophilia

What does paedophilia mean?
Paedophilia means UK standard spelling of pedophilia.
What is paedophilia in Tamil?
Paedophilia in Tamil is சிறார்ப் புணர்ச்சியவா. See Paedophilia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is paedophilia?
Paedophilia is a noun.
What is the plural of paedophilia?
The plural of paedophilia is paedophilias.

Words near paedophilia in the dictionary

  1. paedophagy
  2. paedophile
  3. paedophile-phobia
  4. paedophilephobia
  5. paedophiles
  6. paedophilia
  7. paedophiliac
  8. paedophiliacs
  9. paedophilias
  10. paedophilic
  11. paedophilophile

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paedophilia (page history and authors); paedophilia (Tamil 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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