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Word: paedophile (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • a person who is sexually attracted to children (OED). 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'')

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