pedophobic

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adjective

Having a fear of children.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

pedophobic1

adjectivepedophobic (not comparable)

alternative Commonwealth paedophobic

  1. USnot comparablerarehuman sciencesHaving a fear of children.

    What if clowns were pedophobic? They wouldn't be very happy.

    2004, Natalie Kristina Goldstraw, Superlative: Echoes of the Postmodern Condition, page 101

pedophobic2

adjectivepedophobic (not comparable)

alternative Commonwealth paedophobic

  1. USnot comparablerareHaving a fear or hatred of pedophiles.

    I have yet to meet a boy who disliked being blown. By giving him pleasure, you increase the chance he will keep your secret to himself in our homophobic and pedophobic culture.

    1993, NAMBLA Bulletin January-February pp. 26-31, quoted in In Loco Parentis: Sexual Abuse of Students in Schoolshttps://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED372511.pdf
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    Why is it that someone who does not agree with homosexuality is a homophobic person?? That is incorrect. I do not agree with pedophilia, does that make me pedophobic, I do not sanction sexual relations with dead people does that make me necrophobic??

    1996 August 27, Homer Brown, “Homosexual Oriegonean^([sic])”, in alt.culture.oregon (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025

    About that infamous video. You are obviously reffering^([sic]) to "Chicken Hawk(s)". I have been in contact with some of the people featured in that video, and advised that it was a bunch of pedophobic propoganda.^([sic])

    1996 December 5, brian jones, quoting Eden Chlamtac, “Clarification, re: NAMBLA [North American Man/Boy Love Association]”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 Sep 2025

    Synonyms: pedophilophobic

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving a fear or hatred of pedophiles.

Origin

pedophobic · adjective

From pedo- (“child”) + -phobic.

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pedophobic · adjective

From pedo (“pedophile”) + -phobic.

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APA

pedophobic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophobic

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“pedophobic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophobic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pedophobic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pedophobic.

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