pedophilic

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pedophilic

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From pedo- (“child”) + -philic.

adjective more pedophilic · most pedophilic · paedophilic · pædophilic

Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia. In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.

Opposite: teleiophilic

noun pedophilics · paedophilic · pædophilic

Synonym of pedophile. [N]ot all child sexual abusers are pedophilics.
Similar: pedophile

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adjective

Opposite: teleiophilic

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adj of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia

Español	pedófilo, paidófilo, pedofílico, paidofílico
Deutsch	pädophil
Italiano	pedofilo, paidofilo
Română	pedofil

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@misc{pedophilic_2026,
  title = {pedophilic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pedophilic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}