Paedophilia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    British standard spelling of pedophilia. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    a sexual attraction to children wordnet

Synonyms

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pedophiliapedophilia

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

Etymology

From paedo- + -philia.

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