Meanings
- uncountableSexual attraction to boys or young men.
Gerontophilia is the sexual attraction to the elderly, whereas Korophilia is the love of young men or boys.
2011, Jan Resnick, “Far-out Philias and Phobias”, in Psychotherapy in Australia, volume 17, page 651 more example
In the age-differentiated type, as seen in ancient Greek and in Islamic pederasty, Spartan korophilia, pedophilia, [...] the older partner has something, namely adulthood and the knowledge that goes with it, that the younger is seeking to acquire.
1990, Wayne Dynes, Warren Johansson, William A Percy, Stephen Donaldson, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, New York: Garland, →ISBN, Appendix
Origin
- Ancient Greekκόρος“boy, youth”
- Englishkorophilia
From Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros, “boy, youth”) and φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).
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