different between paedophilia vs pedophilic

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

• paedophilic (British)
• pædophilic (British, dated)

Etymology

pedophile +? -ic

Adjective

pedophilic (comparative more pedophilic, superlative most pedophilic)

1. Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
   • 2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America (page 125)

     In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.

Antonyms

• teleiophilic

Related terms

• pedophile, paedophile
• pedophilia, paedophilia
• pedosexual; pedosexuality

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