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pædophilia|piːdɒˈfɪlɪə| Also pedo-, † paido-. [f. pædo-, pedo- + -philia, or f. as prec. + -ia1.] An abnormal, esp. sexual, love of young children.
1906H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. i. 11 Paidophilia or the love of children..may be included under this head [sc. abnormality]. 1926Med. Jrnl. & Rec. CXXIV. 161/1 One must keep clearly in mind in dealing with pedophilia the distinction between that mediating homosexuality, and the much more pure perversion which is our subject. 1952E. A. Gutheil tr. Stekel's Patterns of Psychosexual Infantilism i. 62 Some eager lady friends of the mistress of the house who expand their friendship to include the younger male generation, may be suspected of pedophilia. 1962Listener 20 Sept. 438/1 The film certainly is not..a study in paedophilia, of a middle-aged professor's grotesque passion for a twelve-year-old girl. 1963A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex 69 Paedophilia is not always homosexual. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 8 June 647/2 He was driven to a pedophilia in which he played the role of both parents to the children of his fancy. Hence pædoˈphiliac, -ˈphilic adjs., pertaining to or characterized by pædophilia; also as n., a pædophilic person.
1927Psychoanal. Review XIV. 191 It is only in rare cases that one encounters an individual who has pedophilic predilections and at the same time is suffering from venereal disease. Ibid., Krafft-Ebing..in his attempt at psychological explanation falls back on ‘a morbid disposition only’ on the part of the pedophalic [sic] as the motivating factor. 1951Group Psychotherapy IV. 170 He then insisted he had never had the slightest amount of pedophiliac desire, and that his crime was a total mystery to him. 1954Jrnl. Projective Techniques XVIII. 348/1 The rapists probably do differ from the pedophiles, however, on the variable of aggression, the majority of the pedophilic acts having been of a passive and seductive nature. 1960Spectator 8 July 69 The..survey..shows the paedophiliac to be a type altogether distinct from the adult-seeking homosexual. 1963A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex 69 A variety of early experiences and inadequacies of upbringing..make the paedophilic especially sympathetic towards..the state of childhood and immaturity. 1974J. Bancroft Deviant Sexual Behaviour vi. 157 Paedophiliac offenders frequently have personalities in which self-deception and deception of others is marked. 1976Publishers Weekly 26 Apr. 52/1 He contacted fellow pedophiliacs and through them was able to sample many kinds of young girls. |