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Definition of Pedophile

1. Noun. An adult who is sexually attracted to children.

Definition of Pedophile

1. Noun. a person who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children. ¹

2. Noun. In American psychiatry, a person attracted primarily to prepubescent children.(''DSM-IV: Over a period of at least six months, recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children'') ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pedophile

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedophile

Literary usage of Pedophile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Advanced Demolition Legion: The ADL in Action by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"PROMOTING THE pedophile AGENDA This, ... is all part of the radical homosexual agenda-- to put pedophile child molesters in key positions in youth ..."

2. Victims Of Child Abuse; Domestic Violence; Elderly Abuse; Rape, Robbery, Assau< And Violent Death: A Manual For Clergy And Congregations by David Delaplane, Anne Delaplane (2004)
"(3) (4) The pedophile There are people in our society who prey on children sexually. Many of these people go to great lengths to get themselves into ..."

3. Child Sexual Abuse: Intervention and Treatment Issues by Kathleen C. Faller (1995)
"Victims are bribed or seduced by the pedophile into becoming part of the ring, although he may also employ existing members of the ring as recruiters. ..."

4. When the Victim Is a Child by Debra Whitcomb (1992)
"On average, each incest pedophile commits from 35 to acts against one or two children. Non-incest pedophiles commit one or two acts against each of an ..."

5. Men by Corey L. Reynolds (2007)
"That's like having a pedophile court for pedophile offenders. Can you imagine if there was a court that took care of the pedophiles? ..."

6. The Breathing Dead and Cement Children by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"Ken Riley: 2 pgs., pedophile Neo-nazi mind control handler of Loretta Lynn as her road manager, his co-conspiring with Mooney Lynn to perpetuate Loretta's ..."

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