Definition of "hebephilia" []

• Sexual attraction felt (often implied: by an adult person as the subject) towards a young person or young people; (noun)

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• "Those guilty often don't know the facts about the abuse and/or don't know esoteric labels such as hebephilia and ephebophilia (which, of course, belies any claim of intellectualism)."
• "The APA has proven through studies that both pedophilia and hebephilia are neither related to heterosexuality nor homosexuality."
• "There have long been rumors of pedophilia (adults having sex with pre-pubescent children) and hebephilia (adults having sex with post-pubescent children) by homosexuals."