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pederasty

UK/ˈpɛd.ə.ɹəs.ti//ˈpɛd.ə.ɹæs.ti/

pederasty noun: erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.

Noun

pederasty (usually uncountable, plural pederasties)

  1. (US, usually) Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
    • […] aber die Entwürdigung der Frauen rächte sich an den Männern und entwürdigte auch sie, bis sie versanken in die Widerwärtigkeit der Knabenliebe und ihre Götter entwürdigten wie sich selbst durch den Mythus von Ganymed.1962 [1891, 1884], Friedrich Engels, “II. Die Familie”, in Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats (Marx-Engels-Werke; 21), Dietz Verlag Berlin, page 67; English translation in...
    • Pederasty when committed with physical violence, a threat, or with respect to a minor, or when taking advantage of the dependent position of the injured party shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed eight years.1961, Supreme Soviet of Russia, “Chapter 3, article 121”, in United States Joint Publication Research Service, transl., Criminal Code of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republicᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ...
    Antonyms:
    korephilia
  2. (US, archaic, usually) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

pederasty meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Indonesian and Persian

pederasty in Tamil

ஆண்சேர்க்கை, ஆண்பாற்புணர்ச்சி, சிறுவர் குத வழி பாலுறவு

pederasty in Bengali

pederasty
পেডেরাস্টি peḍerasṭi

pederasty in Indonesian

pederasty
perjantanan

pederasty in Persian

pederasty
بچهبازی, شاهدبازی

Synonyms of pederasty

Antonyms

Forms of pederasty

pluralpederasties
alternative Commonwealthpaederasty
alternative Commonwealth (dated)pæderasty

Origin of pederasty

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”).

Questions about pederasty

What does pederasty mean?
Pederasty means erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
What is pederasty in Tamil?
Pederasty in Tamil is ஆண்சேர்க்கை, ஆண்பாற்புணர்ச்சி, சிறுவர் குத வழி பாலுறவு. See Pederasty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pederasty?
Pederasty is a noun.
How do you pronounce pederasty?
Pederasty is pronounced /ˈpɛd.ə.ɹəs.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of pederasty?
The plural of pederasty is pederasties.

Words near pederasty in the dictionary

  1. pederastic
  2. pederastically
  3. pederastice
  4. pederasties
  5. pederasts
  6. pederasty
  7. pederero
  8. pedereroes
  9. pedereros
  10. pederin
  11. pederins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pederasty (page history and authors); pederasty (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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