different between paedophilia vs pederasty

English

Noun

paedophilia (countable and uncountable, plural paedophilias)

1. Britain standard spelling of pedophilia.

Anagrams

• palaeophiid

Latin

Etymology

An adaptation of the Italian pedofilia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pae?.do?p?i.li.a/, [päe?d???p??liä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.do?fi.li.a/, [p?d???fi?li?]

Noun

paedophilia f sg (genitive paedophiliae); first declension

1. (New Latin, uncountable, rare) paedophilia
   • 2007, Periodica de re canonica: Indices tertiae seriei (1982–2005), § 5, 101:

     Relatio h[omosexualis] inter et paedophiliam 91/52.

   • ibidem, 154:

     Paedophilia et efebophilia.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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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