Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of pedophilophobia.
I just have to shake my head when I read a post by someone about naked baby pictures or naked pictures of children. People are so scared of being labeled a “Pedophile” over a simple picture of a naked child.
2010 November 20, DekaNttuB, “Pedophile phobia.”, in rec.nude (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 20252 more examples
It is indeed a sad state of affairs that the natural human tendency to offer physical comfort to a child in distress has been arrested by an illogical pedophile phobia and an overly litigious society. The kids are the losers.
1997 April 4, An Observer, “SOCIETY SUCKS”, in alt.support.boy-lovers (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025> […] I don't > have children nor do I intend to (I tend to be more of a > pedophobe!) but I know I wouldn't abuse my kids -- cp [child pornography] is > something between adults RL [real life] and for children only in fiction. > Pedophile phobia is running rampant. I have little interest in "adult spanking" whatever that means. Master-slave stories hold no interest. The juvenile-adult dynamic is what works for me. I do not think my preferences make me a pedophile but I wonder about people who throw that accusation around.
2001 January 22, Daisy, “Childhood Spanking Stories”, in soc.sexuality.spanking (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025
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pedophile phobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophile%20phobia
“pedophile phobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophile%20phobia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedophile phobia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophile%20phobia.
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