pederasty

plural pederasties · alternative Commonwealth paederasty · alternative Commonwealth dated pæderasty

1. USuncountableusuallyErotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.

   […] aber die Entwürdigung der Frauen rächte sich an den Männern und entwürdigte auch sie, bis sie versanken in die Widerwärtigkeit der Knabenliebe und ihre Götter entwürdigten wie sich selbst durch den Mythus von Ganymed.

   1962 [1891, 1884], Friedrich Engels, “II. Die Familie”, in Der Ursprung der Familie, des Privateigentums und des Staats (Marx-Engels-Werke; 21), Dietz Verlag Berlin, page 67; English translation in “II. The Family”, in The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, Foreign Languages Press, 1978, page 74

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   Pederasty when committed with physical violence, a threat, or with respect to a minor, or when taking advantage of the dependent position of the injured party shall be punishable by deprivation of freedom for a period not to exceed eight years.

   1961, Supreme Soviet of Russia, “Chapter 3, article 121”, in United States Joint Publications Research Service, transl., Criminal Code of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republicᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page 49

   Antonyms: korephilia

2. USarchaicuncountableusuallyAnal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.