paedophilicpedophilicadj.n.

1912 E. Paul tr. A. Moll Sexual Life of Child viii. 221 In other cases the pædophilic impulse alternates with normal sexual feelings, or with some other perverse sexual manifestation [Ger. in andern Fällen aber wechselt sie mit normalen Gefühlen oder mit andern perversen].

1927 Psychoanalytic Rev. 14 191 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.

1954 Jrnl. Projective Techniques 18 348/1 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.

1994 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 May 4 What was at issue was his paedophilic inclination towards children.

1927 Psychoanalytic Rev. 14 191 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.

1963 A. 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.