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pedophilic

pedophilic adjective: of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.

Adjective

pedophilic (comparative more pedophilic, superlative most pedophilic)

  1. Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
    • In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, page 125

Noun

pedophilic (plural pedophilics)

  1. Synonym of pedophile.
    • [N]ot all child sexual abusers are pedophilics.1996, Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason, Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior, page 230
    Synonyms:
    pedophile

Synonyms of pedophilic

Antonyms

Forms of pedophilic

Adjective
comparativemore pedophilic
superlativemost pedophilic
alternative UKpaedophilic
alternative form (dated)pædophilic
Noun
pluralpedophilics

Origin of pedophilic

From pedo- (“child”) + -philic.

Words formed from pedophilic

Questions about pedophilic

What does pedophilic mean?
Pedophilic means of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
What part of speech is pedophilic?
Pedophilic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pedophilic in the dictionary

  1. pedophiles
  2. pedophilia
  3. pedophiliac
  4. pedophiliacs
  5. pedophilias
  6. pedophilic
  7. pedophilic disorder
  8. pedophilically
  9. pedophilics
  10. pedophilish
  11. pedophilism

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