pedophilic

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Etymology

pedophile + -ic

Adjective

pedophilic (comparative more pedophilic, superlative most pedophilic)

  1. Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
    • 2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, page 125:
      In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.

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Noun

pedophilic (plural pedophilics)

  1. A pedophile.
    • 1996, Irwin G. Sarason, Barbara R. Sarason, Abnormal Psychology: The Problem of Maladaptive Behavior, page 230:
      [N]ot all child sexual abusers are pedophilics.
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