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pedophilia

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌpiː.dəˈfɪ.li.ə/Part of speech nounSorted adehiiloppStarts with PEnds with A0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a sexual attraction to children

Word origin

Adapted from German Pädophilie, bringing its spelling into conformity with pedo- (“child”) + -philia. Compare the Byzantine Greek παιδοφιλία (paidophilía, “love of children”).

Used in a sentence

  • As noted earlier, pedophilia was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of pedophilia.
  • Sometimes a man with pedophilia is content to stroke the child's hair, but he may also manipulate the child's genitalia, [...]
  • Entire books have been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in pedophilia, […]

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