from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A person with pedophilia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun A person who has pedophilia.
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noun a person who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children.
noun In Americanpsychiatry, a person attracted primarily to prepubescent children.(DSM-IV: Over a period of at least six months, recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children)
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noun an adult who is sexually attracted to children
Etymologies
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From pedo- + -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδόφιλος (paidophilos) (from παῖς (pais, "boy, child") and φιλέω (phileō, "I love")).
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The issue is so fraught, she said, that even basic the terms used are very much in dispute - starting with the term pedophile itself.
In contrast to the generally accepted medical definition, the term pedophile is also used colloquially to denote significantly older adults who are sexually attracted to adolescents below the local age of consent
In contrast to the generally accepted medical definition, the term pedophile is also used colloquially to denote significantly older adults who are sexually attracted to adolescents below the local age of consent, as well as those who have sexually abused a child.
And I know a Harvard professor out there was opening, openly lobbying for people not to give any money for the church unless they were assured it wasn't going to pay for what she called pedophile priests.
It's a sad comment on how this country regards the welfare of children that our lawmakers would choose to honor a pedophile from the floor of the House.
lampbane commented on the word pedophile
Scene from The IT Crowd demonstrating a rather unfortunate name.
November 13, 2007