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How to use pedophile in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Pedophile means an adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children. Example: “Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.”

Examples of pedophile by meaning

nounAn adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.

  • Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.1982, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Abstracts, volume 14, page 253
  • The pedophile, a particular type of child molester, is an adult whose conscious sexual interests and overt sexual behavior are directly either partially or exclusively toward children.1986, Patrick B. McGuigan, Jon S. Pascale, Crime and Punishment in Modern America, page 109
  • He uses trolling techniques to fight back against trolls that he particularly finds malevolent—specifically pedophiles and RIP trolls.2018, Jill Anne Morris, The Internet as a Game

More sentences with pedophile

  • It is true that this world was controlled by Satanists who were all pedophiles and worse, pedovores.2022 February 19, John Robinson, “RADAR CONFIRMS Earth Surrounded By UFOs.. [11:41]”, in Weird Paranormal and Extra-Terrestial (Usenet). From the entry pedovore
  • Catholics as never before; the pedophile tragedy has made the laity's self-reliant spirit irradicable.2008 April 19, Tim Padgett, “A Catholic's Take on the Pope's Trip”, in Time. From the entry irradicable
  • Thousands of pedophiles are forced to hide their natural orientation for fear of social disgrace.1995, Thomas E. Schmidt, “Sexuality from the Beginning”, in Straight & Narrow? Compassion & Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate, Downers…. From the entry pedophilophobic
  • Kendrick had Crips and Bloods shaking hands dancing to him calling Drake a pedophile to an entire audience of screaming fans.2024 June 20, @Dread_Botlord, Twitter. From the entry cultural victory
  • "More than anything I love children!" she states from the outset, which is technically what the term pedophile means.2020, David Huckvale, Terrors of the Flesh: The Philosophy of Body Horror in Film, page 40. From the entry pedophobe
  • The pedophile is then both pre- and posthuman, united with the machine and also with the original evil that spawned humankind.2009, Jason Lee, Celebrity, Pedophilia, and Ideology in American Culture, Amherst, N.Y.: Cambria Press, →ISBN, pages 200 (Myths and…. From the entry pedophile-phobia
  • The fear of observation by pedophiles leads to further observation, the fear being the fear of control by machinery, an aspect of pedophile-phobia being technophobia.2009, Jason Lee, Celebrity, Pedophilia, and Ideology in American Culture, Amherst, N.Y.: Cambria Press, →ISBN, pages 200 (Myths and…. From the entry pedophile-phobia
  • Thus we must attribute any evidence of psychological maladjustment or occasional behavioral excesses largely to a repressive society that has forced pedophiles to think badly of themselves.1995, Thomas E. Schmidt, “Sexuality from the Beginning”, in Straight & Narrow? Compassion & Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate, Downers…. From the entry pedophilophobic
  • Pedophiles are the targets of hatred because parents resist the emancipation of their children, and because the majority are afraid of their own repressed pedophile impulses—which are universal.1995, Thomas E. Schmidt, “Sexuality from the Beginning”, in Straight & Narrow? Compassion & Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate, Downers…. From the entry pedophilophobia
  • Hebephilic offenders (those who prefer adolescent girls) and ephebophilic offenders (those with a homosexual preference for adolescent boys) exhibit characteristics which parallel those of the pedophile.1980 Sexual Abuse of Children: Selected Readings page 30 (in chapter 7: "The Nature and Treatment of Male Sex Offenders" by Ronald M.…. From the entry ephebophilic

Meaning of pedophile

  1. noun An adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.
  2. noun An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child under the age of consent.
  3. noun A consumer of lewd artwork of characters under the age of consent.

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Questions about pedophile in a sentence

How do you use pedophile in a sentence?
Pedophile is used as a noun. For example: “Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.”
What is a short sentence with pedophile?
“Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.”
What does pedophile mean?
Pedophile means an adult or older adolescent who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.

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