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Meaning of "gerontophile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GERONTOPHILE

gerontophile  [dʒɛˈrɒntəˌfaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GERONTOPHILE

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gerontophile is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GERONTOPHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gerontophilia

Gerontophilia is the sexual preference for the elderly. The word gerontophilia derives from Greek: geron, meaning "old man or woman" and philie, meaning "love". A person who has a sexual preference for the elderly is a gerontophile. Specialised terms are alphamegamia for the attraction to an older man and anililagnia for the attraction to an older woman.

Definition of gerontophile in the English dictionary

The definition of gerontophile in the dictionary is one who is sexually attracted to old people.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GERONTOPHILE


ailourophile
aɪˈluːrəˌfaɪl
ailurophile
aɪˈlʊərəˌfaɪl
basophile
ˈbeɪsəˌfaɪl
bibliophile
ˈbɪblɪəˌfaɪl
cartophile
ˈkɑːtəˌfaɪl
eosinophile
ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfaɪl
extremophile
ɪkˈstrɛməˌfaɪl
Germanophile
dʒɜːˈmænəˌfaɪl
heterophile
ˈhɛtərəˌfaɪl
homophile
ˈhəʊməˌfaɪl
logophile
ˈlɒɡəˌfaɪl
neophile
ˈniːəˌfaɪl
neutrophile
ˈnjuːtrəˌfaɪl
oenophile
ˈiːnəˌfaɪl
ombrophile
ˈɒmbrəˌfaɪl
rheophile
ˈriːəˌfaɪl
serrefile
ˈsɛrəˌfaɪl
siderophile
ˈsɪdərəˌfaɪl
xenophile
ˈzɛnəˌfaɪl
zoophile
ˈzəʊəˌfaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GERONTOPHILE

gerontic
gerontocracies
gerontocracy
gerontocrat
gerontocratic
gerontologic
gerontological
gerontologist
gerontology
gerontomorphic
gerontophil
gerontophilia
gerontophobe
gerontophobia
geropiga
gerrymander
gerrymanderer
gerrymandering

WORDS THAT END LIKE GERONTOPHILE

acidophile
amphiphile
Anglophile
audiophile
chile
cinephile
electrophile
Europhile
Francophile
halophile
hydrophile
mesophile
necrophile
nucleophile
paedophile
pedophile
Russophile
Sinophile
technophile
thermophile
videophile

Synonyms and antonyms of gerontophile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gerontophile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GERONTOPHILE

Find out the translation of gerontophile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gerontophile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gerontophile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gerontophile
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gerontophile
570 millions of speakers

English

gerontophile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gerontophile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

محب الشيوخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gerontophile
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gerontophile
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gerontophile
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gérontophile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gerontophile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gerontophile
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gerontophile
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gerontophile
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gerontophile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gerontophile
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gerontophile
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शस्त्रक्रिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerontophile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gerontofilo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gerontophile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gerontophile
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gerontophile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gerontophile
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gerontophile
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gerontophile
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gerontophile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gerontophile

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GERONTOPHILE»

The term «gerontophile» is used very little and occupies the 166.750 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GERONTOPHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gerontophile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gerontophile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gerontophile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GERONTOPHILE»

Discover the use of gerontophile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gerontophile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Paedophiles, Child Abuse and the Internet: A Practical Guide ...
A gerontophile is a person, male or female, who is sexually attracted to, or has a sexual preference for, people significantly older than themselves. In general terms: a gerontophile is a young or non-elderly individual, who possesses a sexual ...
Adrian Powell, 2007
2
Everything what you wanted to know about the crisis but you ...
It is not the shameful fact if I happen to be the latent homosexual and the latent gerontophile. I am proud of having the small penis and being the latent homosexual and the gerontophile! It sounded solemnly like the oath. -Excellent. You are ...
Igor Mozgolin
3
God autobiography:
“Abraham saw that he was running low on money so he decided to try the procuring business once again. He found out that Abimelech, the king of Gerar, the place Abraham had chosen to live in, was a gerontophile. That suited him just well.
IONUT CORBEA
4
Paul Krassner's Impolite Interviews
Indeed it does, or, considering Ms. Midler's and my current advanced ages, I am practically a wanna-be gerontophile. In the late 1970s I was friends with Virgil Thomson, who was then in his eighties. He would say a mock prayer before meals, ...
Paul Krassner, 1999
5
Perv
Remember. the erotic age orientations are lifelong arousal patterns, and so a true gerontophile is a gerontophile at the age of twenty just as he is at the age of eighty. If such a man finds himself with a woman younger than he prefers, she's ...
Jesse Bering, 2014
6
Reseaux: The French Journal of Communication
>well great, 1 thought I was the only gerontophile haunting this place >TTFN from one who finds that the best wine is in old bottles! Help SOS TTFN Your friend (46) B: Hello, everybody, NO BUT who's daring to do Papy Herve an injustice ...
Paul Beaud, Patrice Flichy, 1999
7
Looking Closer: Kevin Spacey, the First 50 Years
... because his movie career is washed up. It's not.”395 “So much better at bitching than caring and sharing, [Spacey is] a delight here,” said another, “ camping up his arch-baddie role, and investing it with a creepy, near- gerontophile sexuality ...
Robin Tamblyn, 2010
8
ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
... old people: tophilist Never laughs: agelast Never sleeps: alector Of low birth, boorish, ill-bred: churl Opposes, is contrary, antagonistic: oppugner Over concerned with small details; trivia: pettifogger, miccrolipet gerontophile/geron40. 41. 42.
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
9
Forms of Desire: Sexual Orientation and the Social ...
Scientists lack a term for the younger partners (unless they are adults, in which case their partners are much older and the term is 'gerontophile'). As far as I know , boys involved in relationships with older men do not have a term for themselves.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Edward Stein, Edward Stein, 2013
10
Beyond San Andreas
It's not funny, it's happening, we know that there are members who are either gerontophile or pedophile. It sounds disgusting, but if you try to look at the different sites other than dating, even for curiosity, you will be sorry once you've seen it.
Albert J. Mortiz, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GERONTOPHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gerontophile is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Producers review: still the show where anything goes
A rotund bundle of energy, English grants this gerontophile Lothario the show's most sustained physical performance, by turns hilariously ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
My Partner Has Slept With Hundreds of Women. Will I Ever Be the …
And there are probably a few non-gerontophile guys (and gals) out there who are willing to take a walk on the postmenopausal side. How to ... «Washington City Paper, Apr 15»
3
Doing the math
And there are probably a few non-gerontophile guys (and gals) out there who are willing to take a walk on the postmenopausal side. How to ... «A.V. Club, Apr 15»
4
The second coming of Brian the resilient rooster
This Easter's seen the Return from the Apparent Dead of Brian the Gerontophile Rooster (which would make a fine title for the children's book I ... «The Press, Apr 15»
5
Savile's NHS abuses show we still need to grapple with the crimes …
It's clear that Savile was a prolific and dedicated sexual offender who can't be pigeonholed as merely a paedophile, hebephilie, gerontophile or ... «The Conversation, Jun 14»
6
'Carsick,' by John Waters
He has sex with space aliens, and eventually finds true love with a traveling, gerontophile knife salesman. In "The Worst," he's picked up by a ... «SFGate, Jun 14»
7
Bruce LaBruce's New Film About An 18-Year Old Falling For An 81 …
... 18 and 81, so I really wanted to cast actors pretty much the same age as the characters in order to give the movie a super-gerontophile effect. «Towleroad, Apr 14»
8
A New Film Wants You to Respect Your Elders, Sexually
The older and more wrinkled and closer to death the object of desire is, the more sexually stimulated the gerontophile. It also has to do with ... «Vocativ, Apr 14»
9
2013: what you've already forgotten
gerontophile · 21 Dec 2013 0:01 ... bonantaylor gerontophile. 21 Dec 2013 3:17. 3 4 ... YorkerBouncer gerontophile. 27 Dec 2013 6:21. 0 1. «The Guardian, Dec 13»
10
Controversial comedian Frankie Boyle says One Direction remind …
A gerontophile is someone who fancies old people. WOW, WHAT NEW AND ORIGINAL JOKE TOPICS ABOUT HARRY STYLES. One Direction. «Sugarscape, Dec 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Gerontophile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/gerontophile>. Apr 2024 ».
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