Meanings
comparative more pedophilic · superlative most pedophilic · alternative UK paedophilic · alternative dated pædophilic
- Of, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia.
In a consumerist hypersexualized environment where bare-midriffed fifteen-year-olds are the pedophilic standard of desirability, becoming older is coded as a set of deficiencies.
2011, Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Agewise: Fighting the New Ageism in America, page 125
plural pedophilics · alternative UK paedophilic · alternative dated pædophilic
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of pedophile.
Origin
From pedo- (“child”) + -philic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish pædofil
- pædofilof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Dutch pedofiel
- pedofielof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Finnish pedofiilinen
- pedofiilinenof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
German pädophil
- pädophilof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Italian pedofilo, paidofilo
- pedofiloof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
- paidofiloof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Polish pedofilski, pedofilny
- pedofilskiof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
- pedofilnyof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Romanian pedofil
- pedofilof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Spanish pedófilo, paidófilo
- pedófiloof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
- paidófiloof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
- pedofílicoof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
- paidofílicoof, relating to, or pertaining to pedophilia
Cite this entry
pedophilic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophilic
“pedophilic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophilic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedophilic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophilic.
Source: pedophilic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.