Meanings
- rareuncountableErotic attraction of a woman or older female toward young girls.
How many posts about korephilia are being made to already existing newsgroups at the moment?
1998, Ruediger Landmann (username), “Re: Proposal: alt.binaries.korephile” in alt.config, Usenet4 more examples
It seems safe to assume that the panelists were referring to (pick your term) man–boy love, pederasty, ephebophilia. They may also have been referring to korephilia (woman–girl) and (looking internationally) may have been referring to paedophilia, since Dutch reformers seem to have seized on this term to refer to all inter-generational sex.
1991, Geoffrey Scott Puterbaugh (username), “Morning Gays at the AHA” in soc.motss, UsenetPaedophilia and korephilia, respectively adult male and female ‘sexual love directed towards children…in pre-puberty and early adolescence’ (PIE 1978), have been openly championed by various organisations in the recent past.
1993, David T. Evans, chapter 8, in Sexual Citizenship: The Material Construction of Sexualities, published 2004, page 220Unlike pedophilia, which defines adult male or female attraction to a prepubescent girl or boy under thirteen, and korephilia, which denotes adult female attraction to girls, pederasty specifically defines emotional, intimate, and physical adult male attraction to teenage boys.
2007, James T. Sears (editor), The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Love, Courtship, & Sexuality Through History VI: The Modern World, “Pederasty”Contemporary pederasty and korephilia differ from classical norms in that the younger partner may…take sexual initiative rather than be passive in serving the pleasures of the older partner.
2008, Bonnie G. Smith (editor), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History III: Kaffka–Service Sector, “Pederasty”Synonyms: korerasty
Synonyms & antonyms
nounErotic attraction of a woman or older female toward young girls.
Origin
From the Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) + φῐλῐ́ᾱ (phĭlĭ́ā, “love”), coined by analogy with pedophilia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Polish korefilia
- korefiliawoman’s erotic attraction toward young girls
Romanian Corofilie
- Corofiliewoman’s erotic attraction toward young girls
Cite this entry
korephilia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/korephilia
“korephilia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/korephilia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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