pedophobeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

pedo- (“child”) +‎ -phobe

名詞

pedophobe (複数形 pedophobes) (rare)

1. A person who dislikes children.
   • 2016, Tricia Clasen, Holly Hassel, Gender(ed) Identities:

     Like Kincaid's pedophile, who embodies a prohibited extreme of child-love, the pedophobe in children's literature occupies a similar place, giving voice to the most hyperbolic expressions of child-hate, sometimes even as a source of pleasure for child-hating adult (または child) readers who might consciously or unconsciously identify with the pedophobe.

   • 2018, Mark Dery, Born to Be Posthumous:

     Children's book author or confirmed pedophobe who found children “quite frequently not terribly likeable”?

   • 2020, David Huckvale, Terrors of the Flesh: The Philosophy of Body Horror in Film, page 40:

     "More than anything I love children!" she states from the outset, which is technically what the term pedophile means. She is certainly not a pedophobe, but this again raises the question of what kind of love is most appropriate for a parent or surrogate mother to have.

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