pedophile

[ ped-uh-fahylor, especially British, pee-duh- ]

noun

, Psychiatry.

1. an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pedophile¹

First recorded in 1950–55; pedo- ¹ + -phile, or directly from Greek paidóphilos “loving children”

Example Sentences

So, they would show up to these protests or watch a video, and then the more extreme components of QAnon would enter, like adrenochrome and a satanic pedophile ring at the highest levels of government in Hollywood.

From The Daily Beast

Some critics hail the book as a masterpiece, others outright dismiss the story, which is told from the point of view of a pedophile.

From Time

In this context, being duped by a wild conspiracy theory that alleges a massive global pedophile cabal would already seem to be a pretty big red flag.

From Washington Post

In July, as Mel Magazine has documented, this and other existing hashtags were flooded on Facebook and Instagram with QAnon memes about pedophile rings and the Clintons.

From MIT Technology Review

The FBI considers QAnon — named for the anonymous online poster “Q” who alleges to be a high-ranking government official with top-secret clearance, and thus access to all this salacious pedophile information — to be a domestic terror threat.

From Ozy

He alleges that a third boy, aged 10 or 11, was deliberately hit by a car and killed by a member of the pedophile network in 1979.

From The Daily Beast

The Vatican says it is doing everything it can to take pedophile priests out of circulation.

From The Daily Beast

ROME, Italy — Roderick MacDonald has been proven to be the worst kind of pedophile there is—an apologetic serial offender.

From The Daily Beast

In court, Kimberlin was both outraged at the “pedophile” claims and slippery about whether they were defamatory.

From The Daily Beast

Akbar took one last opportunity to stand and tell Kimberlin that he was a pedophile.

From The Daily Beast