Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pedosexual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pe-do-sex-u-al
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Being or constituting pedosexuality, sexual activity between an adult and a child.

noun

An adult who is sexually active with children.

Example Sentences

"1994, T. P. Smith, Effects of the child's relative age appearance and attractiveness on vulnerability to pedosexual interactions (Doctoral dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, 1993; published by Dissertation Abstracts International, 54(12), 6472B)"
"There, pedosexuals are helped by a group of volunteers after their detention. The resulting social network has been shown to cut reoffending rates quite considerably."

Etymology

From pedo- (“child”) + sexual.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pedo

Inflected Forms

pedosexuals (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

pedosexuality pedophilia pedophile pedophilic pedo

Questions

What does pedosexual mean?: Being or constituting pedosexuality, sexual activity between an adult and a child.
Where does pedosexual come from?: From pedo- (“child”) + sexual.

How to pronounce pedosexual

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