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paedophilia

noun

Etymology

From paedo- + -philia.

  1. derived from φιλία
  2. formed as paedophilia — “paedo- + -philia”

Definitions

  1. British standard spelling of pedophilia.

    • Yes, really. Blanchard has expanded the DSM's "paraphilia" section (where crimes such as paedophilia and exhibitionism go) to include transvestic disorder.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for paedophilia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA