Pedosexual
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An adult who is sexually active with children. uncommon
"There, pedosexuals are helped by a group of volunteers after their detention. The resulting social network has been shown to cut reoffending rates quite considerably."
- 1 Being or constituting pedosexuality, sexual activity between an adult and a child. not-comparable, uncommon
"1994, T. P. Smith, Effects of the child's relative age appearance and attractiveness on vulnerability to pedosexual interactions (Doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1993; published by Dissertation Abstracts International, 54(12), 6472B)"
Example
More examples"1994, T. P. Smith, Effects of the child's relative age appearance and attractiveness on vulnerability to pedosexual interactions (Doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1993; published by Dissertation Abstracts International, 54(12), 6472B)"
Etymology
From pedo- (“child”) + sexual.
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