pedophobia
pedophobia noun: an irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children.
Noun (1)
pedophobia (uncountable)
- An irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children.
- Children embarrass us because they point ever too cleverly and clearly to our denial of personal, material, and maternal history. This accounts, in part, for academia's pedophobia and the hush-hush we maintain about parenting.1998, Michael Rectenwald, “Reading around the Kids”, in Constance Coiner, Diana Hume George, The Family Track: Keeping Your Faculties While You Mentor, Nurture, Teach, and Serve, page 112
- In 1997, Mariemont asked her to teach at the elementary school, but she said she could not do so because of her pedophobia.2015 February 11, Raymond Kethledge writing for the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Waltherr-Willard v. Mariemont City Schools, case 14-3168
Noun (2)
pedophobia (uncountable)
- A fear or dislike of pedophiles.
- That, I find disgraceful,
On what grounds? Since when is right and wrong decided by your personal preferences? Pedophiles might accuse you of ‘pedophobia’. After all, there are the likes of philosopher Peter Singer who sees nothing wrong in infanticide or bestiality, yet the academic establishment...2005 February 18, Jonathan Sarfati, “The disingenuous and anti-Christian nature of ‘gay rights’ rhetoric”, in Creation Ministries International, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2009 - Perhaps, in these days of homophobia, and pedophobia, ANYONE associated with the educational system that isn't totally straight, and moral, is considered a threat.2007 October 20, Ron Hunter, “Character information from Jo [i.e., J. K. Rowling]”, in alt.fan.harry-potter (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025
- Synonyms:
- pedophilophobia, MAPmisia
- That, I find disgraceful,
pedophobia meaning in Tamil
pedophobia in Tamil
- குழந்தைகள் அச்சம்
Synonyms of pedophobia
- pedophilophobia
- MAPmisia
Forms of pedophobia
| alternative Commonwealth | paedophobia |
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Origin of pedophobia
From pedo- (“child”) + -phobia.
From pedo (“pedophile”) + -phobia.
Questions about pedophobia
- What does pedophobia mean?
- Pedophobia means an irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children.
- What is pedophobia in Tamil?
- Pedophobia in Tamil is குழந்தைகள் அச்சம். See Pedophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is pedophobia?
- Pedophobia is a noun.
Words near pedophobia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pedophobia (page history and authors); pedophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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