Meaning of Children | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A surname
3. Plural of child.
4. the condition of being a bastard.
5. abnormal or excessive activity or constant excitability, especially in children. — hyperactive, adj.
   adj
6. an abnormal dislike of children. — misopedist, misopaedist, n.
   n
7. the science or art of teaching or education. Also called pedagogy. — pedagogue, paedagogue, pedagog, n.
8. a sexual act between two males, especially when one is a minor. — pederast, paederast, n.
9. the branch of medicine that studies the diseases of children and their treatment. — pediatrician, paediatrician, n.
   n
10. a branch of dentistry specializing in children’s dental care. — pedodontist, n.
11. the branch of medical science that studies the physical and psychological events of childhood. — pedologist, n. — pedological, adj.
    adj
12. a sexual attraction to children. — pedophiliac, pedophilic, adj.
    adj

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Examples

“Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.”

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