Used in a Sentence

paedophilia

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for paedophilia.

Editorial note

Half the time Reddit hits the mainstream news it's about paedophilia or harassment or misogyny.

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Quick take

British standard spelling of pedophilia.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of paedophilia gathered in one view.

noun

British standard spelling of pedophilia.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for paedophilia.

noun

British standard spelling of pedophilia.

Example sentences

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Half the time Reddit hits the mainstream news it's about paedophilia or harassment or misogyny.

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Making a link between homosexuality (consenting adults) with the paraphilia paedophilia (adults predating children) is a fucking weird thing to do.

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Or maybe a more charitable interpretation would be that paedophilia is a normal male thing.

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I never claimed this was paedophilia, she's clearly not pre-pubescent and was above the UK age of consent.

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The public often takes this as 'Person X accused of paedophilia', which is incorrect.

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There's no evidence that any of the Labour politicians expressed sympathetic attitudes towards paedophilia.

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Probably partly due to the media induced paedophilia paranoia in the UK.

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I'd like the Met to investigate and see if any of the images constitute paedophilia.

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People don't know what the prevalence of paedophilia is, or the ratios of paedophiles that never act on that vs paedophiles who do act on it.

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And I think our approach to paedophilia is wrong and results in more victims.

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You are equating homosexuality to paedophilia and bomb making?

12

Especially brilliant was the Brass Eye Paedophile Special which satirised the media's obsession with paedophilia at the time so perfectly it did actually change things for the better.

Quote examples

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If not, the only way you could make a "joke" in worse taste would be to imply paedophilia.

2

Complete speculation here, but your use of "boys" makes it sound like you conflate Turing's actions with paedophilia.

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You'll note in a sibling comment I mentioned Epstein being a "convicted paedophilia" and noted in parentheses the actual crime.

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I believe the use of the phrase "all grown up" juxtaposed with loud headlines about the evils of paedophilia is one such reason the Daily Mail is reviled.

Proper noun examples

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Paedophilia is also often misused as a term, because it means attraction to pre-pubescent people, generally younger than 11, but sometimes as old as 13.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use paedophilia in a sentence?

Half the time Reddit hits the mainstream news it's about paedophilia or harassment or misogyny.

What does paedophilia mean?

British standard spelling of pedophilia.

What part of speech is paedophilia?

paedophilia is commonly used as noun.