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teleiophilia

teleiophilia noun: sexual attraction to adults.

Noun

teleiophilia (uncountable)

  1. Sexual attraction to adults.
    • Often, this body age preference is determined by mature secondary sexual characteristics of an adult. The sexual preference for the adult, fully developed body age is referred to as teleiophilia (gr. “teleos”—fully grown) […]2016, Helmut Kury, Sławomir Redo, Evelyn Shea, Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration: Suggestions for Succeeding Generations, Springer, →ISBN, page 503
    Synonyms:
    adultophilia

Synonyms of teleiophilia

Origin of teleiophilia

From teleio- (“fully grown”) + -philia.

Questions about teleiophilia

What does teleiophilia mean?
Teleiophilia means sexual attraction to adults.
What part of speech is teleiophilia?
Teleiophilia is a noun.

Words near teleiophilia in the dictionary

  1. teleiochrysalids
  2. teleiochrysalis
  3. teleiochrysalises
  4. teleiophile
  5. teleiophiles
  6. teleiophilia
  7. teleiophilic
  8. teleiotic
  9. telejournalism
  10. telejournalist
  11. telejournalistic

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