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pedophobe

pedophobe noun: a person who dislikes children.

Noun (1)

pedophobe (plural pedophobes)

  1. (US, rare) A person who dislikes children.
    • Like Kincaid's pedophile, who embodies a prohibited extreme of child-love, the pedophobe in children's literature occupies a similar place, giving voice to the most hyperbolic expressions of child-hate, sometimes even as a source of pleasure for child-hating adult (or child) readers who might...2016, Tricia Clasen, Holly Hassel, Gender(ed) Identities
    • Children's book author or confirmed pedophobe who found children “quite frequently not terribly likeable”?2018, Mark Dery, Born to Be Posthumous

Noun (2)

pedophobe (plural pedophobes)

  1. (US, rare) A person who fears or dislikes pedophiles.
    • Perhaps that has to do with the number of people who DO use the word "pedophile" interchangably with the term "child molester". If you live with that prejudice every day then you would tend to get somewhat defensive wouldn't you? […] I'm not a pedophile, and the actions of certain pedophobes have...1999 November 7, Timothy Murphy, “A question for boylovers and girl lovers”, in alt.activism.children (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025
    • Also making strides is an offshoot of the gay movement, spearheaded by its more progressive members, called the North American Man-Boy Love Association. They still have a ways to go before Congress passes a law eliminating a legal age of consent. (Even in England, parliamentary pedophobes (or...2000 September 21, ab, “Jaka tolerancja ? [What tolerance?]”, in pl.soc.polityka (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025
    Synonyms:
    pedophilophobe, MAPmisiac

Synonyms of pedophobe

Forms of pedophobe

pluralpedophobes
alternative Commonwealthpaedophobe

Origin of pedophobe

From pedo- (“child”) + -phobe.

From pedo (“pedophile”) + -phobe.

Questions about pedophobe

What does pedophobe mean?
Pedophobe means a person who dislikes children.
What part of speech is pedophobe?
Pedophobe is a noun.
What is the plural of pedophobe?
The plural of pedophobe is pedophobes.

Words near pedophobe in the dictionary

  1. pedophillionaire
  2. pedophilophobe
  3. pedophilophobes
  4. pedophilophobia
  5. pedophilophobic
  6. pedophobe
  7. pedophobes
  8. pedophobia
  9. pedophobic
  10. pedophocracies
  11. pedophocracy

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