pedophile

• paedophile (British spelling)
• pædophile (dated)

From pedo- +‎ -phile, after Ancient Greek παιδοφῐ́λης (paidophílēs) (from παῖς (paîs, “boy, child”) and φιλέω (philéō, “I love”)).

• (UK) enPR: pēd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.dəˌfaɪl/

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• (US, Canada) enPR: pĕd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dəˌfaɪl/, /ˈpɛ.doʊˌfaɪl/
• (General Australian) enPR: pĕd'-ə-fīl', IPA^(key): /ˈpe.dəˌfɑel/, /ˈpɛ.dəʉˌfɑel/

pedophile (plural pedophiles)

1. (general use) An adult who is sexually attracted to or engages in sexual acts with a child.
2. (psychiatry) A person aged 16 years old or older who is mostly or only sexually attracted toward prepubescent children. [from 20th c.]
   • 1982, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Criminal Justice Abstracts, volume 14‎, page 253:

     Apart from his sexual behavior, the pedophile is typically law abiding.

   • 1986, Patrick B. McGuigan & Jon S. Pascale, Crime and Punishment in Modern America‎, page 109:

     The pedophile, a particular type of child molester, is an adult whose conscious sexual interests and overt sexual behavior are directly either partially or exclusively toward children.

• In the US, the official psychiatric designation for pedophilic disorder (according to the DSM-IV) is: "Over a period of at least six months, recurrent, intense, sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children."

• childlover (euphemistic)

• teleiophile

• mysoped (“a sadistic pedophile”)
• korephile