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Definition of "paedophilia" [paedophilia]

  • Sexual feelings of adults directed towards children. (noun)
  • Overt sexual acts directed toward children. (noun)

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Use "paedophilia" in a sentence
  • "The word paedophilia should never have been in the interview, as he was talking about "paiderastia" - relations between men and boys - of the ancient Greeks as part of a hypothetical, intellectual conversation, he said."
  • "What we have in those cultures that do not condemn the unconscionable abuses we'd class as incest and paedophilia is conventional morality failing to be ethical."
  • "Lock em up and never let them out, paedophilia is not a crime you can punish effectively just as you cant punish so one for being bi-polar."
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