pedophobic
pedophobic adjective: having a fear of children.
Adjective (1)
pedophobic (not comparable)
- Having a fear of children.
- What if clowns were pedophobic? They wouldn't be very happy.2004, Natalie Kristina Goldstraw, Superlative: Echoes of the Postmodern Condition, page 101
Adjective (2)
pedophobic (not comparable)
- Having a fear or hatred of pedophiles.
- I have yet to meet a boy who disliked being blown. By giving him pleasure, you increase the chance he will keep your secret to himself in our homophobic and pedophobic culture.1993, NAMBLA Bulletin January-February pp. 26-31, quoted in In Loco Parentis: Sexual Abuse of Students in Schoolshttps://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED372511.pdf
- Why is it that someone who does not agree with homosexuality is a homophobic person?? That is incorrect. I do not agree with pedophilia, does that make me pedophobic, I do not sanction sexual relations with dead people does that make me necrophobic??1996 August 27, Homer Brown, “Homosexual Oriegonean^([sic])”, in alt.culture.oregon (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025
- Synonyms:
- pedophilophobic
Synonyms of pedophobic
Forms of pedophobic
| alternative Commonwealth | paedophobic |
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Origin of pedophobic
From pedo- (“child”) + -phobic.
From pedo (“pedophile”) + -phobic.
Questions about pedophobic
- What does pedophobic mean?
- Pedophobic means having a fear of children.
- What part of speech is pedophobic?
- Pedophobic is an adjective.
Words near pedophobic in the dictionary
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