Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paedophobe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pae-do-phobe
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who dislikes children”).

noun

Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who fears or dislikes paedophiles”).

Example Sentences

"I'm no paedophobe, but I'm quite relieved that the children are back at school."
"To explain. A paedophobe is one who rants endlessly about paedophiles yes, but also foreigners taking our jobs, yobs, gays. the liberal elite, the goody goody nanny state and the fact that teachers can't torture children anymore."
"> It's left as an exercise for the reader why this practice is to be > discouraged. > Is it because it might confound the expectation of the Paedophobe on the Clapham omnibus?"
"Clinical studies have shown that rabid paedophobes such as you are, more often than not, closet paedophiles themselves."

Etymology

From paedo- (“child”) + -phobe.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: paedo
Suffix: phobe, paedo

Inflected Forms

paedophobes (plural)

Questions

What does paedophobe mean?: Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who dislikes children”).
Where does paedophobe come from?: From paedo- (“child”) + -phobe.

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