Meaning of pedophilia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sexual attraction by adults and adolescents to children, specifically prepubescent children.
   US, countable, uncountable
2. Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.
   US, broadly, countable, proscribed, uncountable

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Examples

“As noted earlier, pedophilia was cited as both an aggravating and a mitigating circumstance by trial judges, as was the absence of pedophilia.”

“Sometimes a man with pedophilia is content to stroke the child's hair, but he may also manipulate the child's genitalia, [...]”

“Fifteen months later, a committee of the congregation found that he had sexually abused several boys within the congregation. […] The fact that Alger committed pedophilia at the age of thirty-four casts a shadow over his subsequent yearning for relationships with boys and young men, but there is no evidence of any later misconduct.”

“Entire books have⟳ been written about the role of scandal in US politics (Garment, 1992). Offenses include⟳ smoking marijuana, hiring illegal aliens, plagiarizing, sexually harassing others, engaging in pedophilia, […]”

“It's quite another (a bad idea) to expect⟳ amateurs to figure⟳ out who is telling the truth about Iraq, or which priests have⟳ committed pedophilia.”

“Although the Holy See⟳ publicly expressed its rejection of sexual abuse and pedophilia and expressed its commitment to cooperate with civil authorities when cases of pedophile priests were found¹², there are no known cases of bishops or cardinals, being found responsible for abusing children or covering up for pedophilia in their parishes.”

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