Paedophobe

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who dislikes children”).

    "I'm no paedophobe, but I'm quite relieved that the children are back at school."

  2. 2
    Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who fears or dislikes paedophiles”).

    "To explain. A paedophobe is one who rants endlessly about paedophiles yes, but also foreigners taking our jobs, yobs, gays. the liberal elite, the goody goody nanny state and the fact that teachers can't torture children anymore."

Synonyms

All synonyms
infantophobeinfantophobepedophilophobe

Example

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"I'm no paedophobe, but I'm quite relieved that the children are back at school."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From paedo- (“child”) + -phobe.

Etymology 2

From paedo (“paedophile”) + -phobe.

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