Pedophocracy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A social structure that enables pedophilia among the powerful and provides mechanisms for keeping it secret.

    "(see title)"

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"You live in a pedophocracy. As a former Italian minister said, the EU was set up to make paedophilia easier."

Etymology

From pedophile + -o- + -cracy. Coined by David McGowan in his 2001 book by that name.

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