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Meaning of "pedophilia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PEDOPHILIA

pedophilia  [ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PEDOPHILIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pedophilia 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 PEDOPHILIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pedophilia

Pedophilia or paedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult or older adolescent experiences a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children, generally age 11 years or younger. As a medical diagnosis, specific criteria for the disorder extends the cut-off point for prepubescence to age 13.[1][2][3][4] A person who is diagnosed with pedophilia must be at least 16 years of age, but adolescents who are 16 years of age or older must be at least five years older than the prepubescent child before the attraction can be diagnosed as pedophilia.[1][2] Pedophilia has a range of definitions, as found in psychiatry, psychology, the vernacular, and law enforcement. The International Classification of Diseases defines it as a "disorder of adult personality and behaviour" in which there is a sexual preference for children of prepubertal or early pubertal age.[5] It is termed pedophilic disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PEDOPHILIA


Anglophilia
ˌæŋɡləʊˈfɪlɪə
biophilia
ˌbaɪəʊˈfɪlɪə
claustrophilia
ˌklɔːstrəˈfɪlɪə
coprophilia
ˌkɒprəʊˈfɪlɪə
cynophilia
ˌsɪnəʊˈfɪlɪə
eosinophilia
ˌiːəʊˌsɪnəˈfɪlɪə
Europhilia
ˌjʊərəʊˈfɪlɪə
gerontophilia
dʒɛˌrɒntəˈfɪlɪə
haemophilia
ˌhiːməʊˈfɪlɪə
hemophilia
ˌhiːməˈfɪlɪə
necrophilia
ˌnɛkrəʊˈfɪlɪə
neophilia
ˌniːəʊˈfɪlɪə
paedophilia
ˌpiːdəʊˈfɪlɪə
Pamphylia
pæmˈfɪlɪə
paraphilia
ˌpærəˈfɪlɪə
retrophilia
ˌretrəʊˈfɪlɪə
scopophilia
ˌskɒpəˈfɪlɪə
technophilia
ˌtɛknəʊˈfɪlɪə
thrombophilia
ˌθrɒmbəʊˈfɪlɪə
zoophilia
ˌzəʊəˈfɪlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PEDOPHILIA

pedocal
pedocalic
pedogeneses
pedogenesis
pedogenetic
pedogenic
pedologic
pedological
pedologist
pedology
pedometer
pedophile
pedophiliac
pedophilic
pedorthic
pedrail
pedrero
pedro

WORDS THAT END LIKE PEDOPHILIA

ailourophilia
ailurophilia
arctophilia
automobilia
canophilia
Cecilia
cilia
ephebophilia
Germanophilia
ilia
Ismailia
juvenilia
memorabilia
milia
monilia
Reggio nell´Emilia
scoptophilia
Sicilia
stigmatophilia
topophilia

Synonyms and antonyms of pedophilia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pedophilia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PEDOPHILIA

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

Translator English - Chinese

恋童癖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pedofilia
570 millions of speakers

English

pedophilia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पीडोफिलिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاعتداء الجنسي على الأطفال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

педофилия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pedofilia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যৌন শোষণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la pédophilie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pedofilia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pädophilie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小児性愛
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소아 성애
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pedofilia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ấu dâm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழந்தைகள் மீதான பாலியல் இச்சை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बालशोषण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pedofili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pedofilia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pedofilia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

педофілія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pedofilia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παιδεραστία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pedofilie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pedofili
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pedofili
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pedophilia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PEDOPHILIA»

The term «pedophilia» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.738 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PEDOPHILIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pedophilia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pedophilia» 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 pedophilia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PEDOPHILIA»

Discover the use of pedophilia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pedophilia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Vatican II, Homosexuality, and Pedophilia: Special Edition ...
The scandal of homosexuality and pedophilia in the Church has hit priests, Bishops and Cardinals.
Atila Sinke Guimarães, Marian Therese Horvat, 2004
2
So, What's Normal?: Life After Pedophilia, Abuse and Neglect
"A little girl overcomes the hagedies of savage abuse to live a normal, healthy life, thereby breaking the cycle of abuse."
Rhonnie, 2003
3
Pedophilia: biosocial dimensions
The cultural tradition of pedophilia may belong not just to a small enclave of a population but also to an entire community, as in the case of various tribal peoples scattered across the Pacific in Melanesia and New Guinea (Herdt, 1984) .
Jay R. Feierman, 1990
4
The End Of Alice
An account of sexual addiction and murder is set inside the mind of a violent sex offender now in his twenty-third year of confinement, as told to a nineteen-year-old college girl, presently preying on a young boy herself, with whom he ...
A.M. Homes, 1997
5
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex
Explores the highly sensitive issue of children and sex, offers advice on separating harmful from safe information about sex, and offers parents a guide to presenting the topic to their children.
Judith Levine, 2003
6
Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story
Touched is the story of Jerry Sandusky's life in his own words.
Jerry Sandusky, 2000
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Three Boys Missing: The Tragedy that Exposed the Pedophilia ...
Presents an account of the investigation into the murder of three teenage boys in Chicago in 1955.
James A. Jack, 2006
8
The Bluest Eye
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Toni Morrison, 2007
9
Surrey Square
That is if you don't count the secrets buried beneath moldy layers of dark whisperings: murder, rape, drugs, pedophilia?that sort of thing. Surrey Square has its share of rascals that you love to hate and hate to love.
Mary Ann Artrip, 2006
10
Living Dead Girl
Now Alice is fifteen and Ray still has her, but he speaks more and more of her death. He does not know it is what she longs for. She does not know he has something more terrifying than death in mind for her. This is Alice's story.
Elizabeth Scott, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PEDOPHILIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pedophilia is used in the context of the following news items.
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​The Nasty Show Ft. Mike Ward, Jimmy Carr, Mike Wilmot, Luenell …
He basked in the comedic side of pedophilia, delighted in his account of dipping his gonads in people's drinks, and positively revelled in his ... «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
2
He Was Just a Student in College. Then a Stranger Found Him …
... Morenos' house has been broken into and vandalized, William's car has been broken into, and he has been accused of rape and pedophilia, ... «IJ Review, Jul 15»
3
HOLMBERG: Richmond man at the center of 'a reign of terror' cyber …
Trolls, “swatting,” cyberbullying, cyber-terrorism, alleged identity theft, vicious anonymous attacks, descriptions of pedophilia and other ... «wtvr.com, Jul 15»
4
Letter: Who was the abomination?
... a genetic basis for homosexuality, pedophilia, necrophilia, bestiality, ... never occur (homosexuality, pedophilia, bestiality, necrophilia, etc)." «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Spain Has Finally Made It Illegal for 14-Year-Olds to Get Married
With these trends in mind, politicians and activists alike say the new law is a mostly symbolic move against pedophilia and forced marriage. «TIME, Jul 15»
6
Will Pope Francis stand strong on ordaining women?
... called by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith "a grave offense against the faith" and has been put in the same category as pedophilia. «Lexington Herald Leader, Jul 15»
7
The UK's pedophilia scandal is even worse than anybody thought
LONDON, UK — In 1986, the head of Britain's intelligence agency MI5 penned a letter to Margaret Thatcher's cabinet secretary noting that a ... «GlobalPost, Jul 15»
8
Boy Scouts must free itself from century of fearing gay leaders
In fact, multiple studies have shown that pedophilia is virtually unconnected to sexual orientation. Pedophiles are regressed, damaged, ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Facing Disturbing Truths About Pedophilia Could Help Us Keep …
Pedophilia can be something you're born with. It's not an addiction, although pedophiles can be sex addicts and are often given addiction-type ... «Pacific Standard, Jul 15»
10
Former archbishop accused of pedophilia hospitalized prior to …
Former Polish Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, accused on numerous accounts of pedophilia and possessing child pornography, fell ill and put ... «Catholic Online, Jul 15»

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