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pedophilism

pedophilism noun: pedophilia.

Noun

pedophilism (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Pedophilia.

Origin of pedophilism

From pedo- (“child”) + -philism.

Questions about pedophilism

What does pedophilism mean?
Pedophilism means pedophilia.
What part of speech is pedophilism?
Pedophilism is a noun.

Words near pedophilism in the dictionary

  1. pedophilic
  2. pedophilic disorder
  3. pedophilically
  4. pedophilics
  5. pedophilish
  6. pedophilism
  7. pedophillionaire
  8. pedophilophobe
  9. pedophilophobes
  10. pedophilophobia
  11. pedophilophobic

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