Pederasty was socially accepted in ancient Greece.
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Pederasty
//ˈpɛd.ə.ɹæs.ti//
Synonyms for "pederasty" (6 found)
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Related words (3)
Noun(2 words)
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46 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παιδεραστίᾱ noun (pederasty)
Armenian
2 entries- արվամոլություն noun (pederasty)
- պեդիկացիա noun (pederasty)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- oğlanbazlıq noun (pederasty)
- pederastiya noun (pederasty)
Bengali
1 entries- পেডেরাস্টি noun (pederasty)
Breton
1 entries- pederastiezh noun (pederasty)
Bulgarian
1 entries- педерастия noun (pederasty)
Catalan
1 entries- pederàstia noun (pederasty)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 好男色 noun (pederasty)
- 孌童戀 /娈童恋 noun (pederasty)
- 少年愛 /少年爱 noun (pederasty)
- 男色 noun (pederasty)
Czech
1 entries- pederastie noun (pederasty)
Danish
1 entries- pæderasti noun (pederasty)
Dutch
2 entries- knapenliefde noun (pederasty)
- knapenschennis noun (pederasty)
Estonian
1 entries- pederastia noun (pederasty)
Finnish
1 entries- pederastia noun (pederasty)
French
1 entries- pédérastie noun (pederasty)
Georgian
2 entries- მამათმავლობა noun (pederasty)
- პედერასტია noun (pederasty)
German
1 entries- Päderastie noun (pederasty)
Greek
1 entries- παιδεραστία noun (pederasty)
Hebrew
1 entries- פֶּדֶרַסְטְיָה noun (pederasty)
Ido
1 entries- pederasteso noun (pederasty)
Indonesian
1 entries- perjantanan noun (pederasty)
Irish
1 entries- péidearastacht noun (pederasty)
Italian
1 entries- pederastia noun (pederasty)
Japanese
2 entries- 少年愛 noun (pederasty)
- 少年愛嗜好 noun (pederasty)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pederastija noun (pederasty)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- pederasti noun (pederasty)
Persian
1 entries- بچهبازی noun (pederasty)
Polish
2 entries- efebofilia noun (pederasty)
- pederastia noun (pederasty)
Portuguese
1 entries- pederastia noun (pederasty)
Romanian
1 entries- pederastie noun (pederasty)
Russian
2 entries- мужело́жство noun (pederasty)
- педерасти́я noun (pederasty)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- pederstvo noun (pederasty)
Slovak
1 entries- pederastia noun (pederasty)
Spanish
1 entries- pederastia noun (pederasty)
Swedish
1 entries- pederasti noun (pederasty)
Turkish
1 entries- oğlancılık noun (pederasty)
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The "groomer" moral panic is a revival of a very ancient homophobic and transphobic libel, found in cultures across the world, where homosexuality is equated with pederasty.
Source: tatoeba (11036531)
[…] aber die Entwürdigung der Frauen rächte sich an den Männern und entwürdigte auch sie, bis sie versanken in die Widerwärtigkeit der Knabenliebe und ihre Götter entwürdigten wie sich selbst durch den Mythus von Ganymed.
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