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語源

From pedo- (“child”) +‎ -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophílēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) +‎ φιλέω (philéō, “I love”)).

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: pēd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/
• (米国発音, Canada) enPR: pĕd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dəˌfaɪl/, /ˈpɛ.doʊˌfaɪl/
• (General Australian) enPR: pĕd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dəˌfɑel/, /ˈpɛ.dəʉˌfɑel/

名詞

pedophile (複数形 pedophiles) (米国用法 spelling)

1. (psychiatry, sexology) A person aged 16 years old or older who is mostly or only sexually attracted toward prepubescent children. [from 20th c.]
   • 1982, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Abstracts, volume 14, page 253:

     Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.

   • 1986, Patrick B. McGuigan, Jon S. Pascale, Crime and Punishment in Modern America, page 109:

     The pedophile, a particular type of child molester, is an adult whose conscious sexual interests and overt sexual behavior are directly either partially or exclusively toward children.

2. (by extension, common use) An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child.

使用する際の注意点

• In the US, the official psychiatric designation for pedophilia (according to the DSM-IV) is: "Over a period of at least six months, recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children."

同意語

• childlover (euphemistic)

反意語

• teleiophile

下位語

• mysoped (“a sadistic pedophile”)
• korephile
• nepiophile

派生語

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