different between buggery vs pederasty

English

Etymology

From bugger +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b????i/
• Hyphenation: bug?gery

Noun

buggery (countable and uncountable, plural buggeries)

1. (Britain) Anal sex.
2. (Britain) Any sexual act deemed against nature, such as bestiality or necrophilia.
3. (Britain, slang) A broken or damaged condition.

   It's gone to buggery.

Derived terms

• like buggery

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• paederasty (British)
• pæderasty (British, dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from ??????????? (paiderast?s, “pederast”), from ???? (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ??????? (erast?s, “lover”), from ?????? (éramai, “to l?ve”).

Pronunciation

• (UK): IPA^(key): /?p?d.?.??s.ti/
• (US): IPA^(key): /?p?d.?.?æs.ti/, /?pi.d?.?æs.ti/

Noun

pederasty (usually uncountable, plural pederasties)

1. Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.

   Antonym: (erotic love between a woman and a girl) korephilia

2. (archaic) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

Usage notes

• Originally referred to formal practices mandated by Greek customs and laws. Often used in a modern sense for either lawful or transgressive inter-generational love relationships.
• Often used colloquially to describe sexual abuse that is perpetrated by adults on pre-pubescent boys (see pedophilia).

Synonyms

• boylove (euphemistic)

Related terms

• pederast
• pederastic
• pedophile

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