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pedophiliac

pedophiliac is the US standard spelling of paedophiliac.

Meaning of paedophiliac

Noun

paedophiliac (plural paedophiliacs)

  1. A person who is sexually attracted to children; a paedophile.
    • Incarcerated pedophiliac (the '76 LA. boy scout cases) suing for psychotherapy while case is being litigated, seeking correspondence with professional knowledge of the situation.1983 December 3, Ray T. Woodall, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 21

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Forms of pedophiliac

Noun
pluralpedophiliacs
Adjective
comparativemore pedophiliac
superlativemost pedophiliac

Questions about pedophiliac

What is pedophiliac the US standard spelling of?
Pedophiliac is the US standard spelling of paedophiliac.

Words near pedophiliac in the dictionary

  1. pedophile-phobes
  2. pedophile-phobia
  3. pedophilephobia
  4. pedophiles
  5. pedophilia
  6. pedophiliac
  7. pedophiliacs
  8. pedophilias
  9. pedophilic
  10. pedophilic disorder
  11. pedophilically

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