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pedophilephobia

pedophilephobia is the alternative form of pedophilophobia.

Meaning of pedophilophobia

Noun

pedophilophobia (uncountable)

  1. (US, rare) A fear or hatred of pedophiles.
    • Are pedophilophobia and homophobia left over feudal sentiments, thus linking our struggle, or is pedophilla in contradiction with both the gay/lesblan community and society at large? Before attempting to discuss these ideas it is necessary to get a handle on the emotional and practical meaning of...1984 February 14, Nigel Crawhall, “Pedophilia: Discussion sans hysteria”, in Sury Goldenberg, editor, The McGill Daily, volume 73, numbers 64 (Lesbian and Gay Special Issue), Montreal, Que.: Daily...
    Synonyms:
    pedophobia

Origin of pedophilephobia

From pedophile + -phobia.

Questions about pedophilephobia

What is pedophilephobia the alternative form of?
Pedophilephobia is the alternative form of pedophilophobia.

Words near pedophilephobia in the dictionary

  1. pedophile phobia
  2. Pedophile-in-Chief
  3. pedophile-phobe
  4. pedophile-phobes
  5. pedophile-phobia
  6. pedophilephobia
  7. pedophiles
  8. pedophilia
  9. pedophiliac
  10. pedophiliacs
  11. pedophilias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pedophilephobia (page history and authors); pedophilophobia (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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