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Meaning of paedophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Commonwealth spelling of pedophobia (“an irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children”).
    uncountable
  2. Commonwealth spelling of pedophobia (“a fear or dislike of pedophiles”).
    uncountable

Examples

“Who cares - you're only trolling as >usual. Really? It seems I'm not alone in standing up against paedophobia.”
“Sounds like an^([sic]) you suffer from paedophobia and support hate crimes against paedophiles.”
“What better way than to have paedophiles in school so kids can see that they are really nice chaps who simply enjoy an alternative lifestyle? Of course there will always be those who are bigoted by their paedophobia but - as now with homophobia - the police can telephone them at home or arrest them using the current police expression used for these evil people: ' You are walking on eggshells' .”
“To explain. A paedophobe is one who rants endlessly about paedophiles yes, but also foreigners taking our jobs, yobs, gays. the liberal elite, the goody goody nanny state and the fact that teachers can't torture children anymore.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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