Definition of "ephebophilia" []

• A sexual orientation or preference in which an adult's primary sexual attraction is towards pubescent or postpubescent adolescents (noun)
• Philia for an ephebe (noun)

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• "The term ephebophilia, derived from the Greek word for “youth,” is sometimes used to describe sexual interest in young people in the first stages of puberty.”"
• "Secondly, "[Jenkins] disapproves of this, but says that restraining it may threaten quite different sex acts with post-pubescents, which he calls ephebophilia (boy-love)."
• "Thus, it is correctly classified as ephebophilia, attraction to older adolescents; or hebephilia, attraction to pubescent children."