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pedosexuality

pedosexuality noun: sexual activity between an adult and a child.

Noun

pedosexuality (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) Sexual activity between an adult and a child.
    • The idea that women can't be guilty of pedosexuality has been found to be a myth. Sexual abuse of children by women is usually perpetrated by mothers on their own offspring.2014, D. F. Swaab, We Are Our Brains: A Neurobiography of the Brain, →ISBN

Origin of pedosexuality

From pedo- (“child”) + sexuality.

Questions about pedosexuality

What does pedosexuality mean?
Pedosexuality means sexual activity between an adult and a child.
What part of speech is pedosexuality?
Pedosexuality is a noun.

Words near pedosexuality in the dictionary

  1. pedoscopes
  2. pedosediment
  3. pedosedimentary
  4. pedosediments
  5. pedosexual
  6. pedosexuality
  7. pedosexuals
  8. pedosphere
  9. pedospheres
  10. pedostache
  11. pedostaches

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