Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paedophobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pae-do-pho-bia
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Commonwealth spelling of pedophobia (“an irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children”).

Uncountable

noun

Commonwealth spelling of pedophobia (“a fear or dislike of pedophiles”).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Who cares - you're only trolling as >usual. Really? It seems I'm not alone in standing up against paedophobia."
"Sounds like an^([sic]) you suffer from paedophobia and support hate crimes against paedophiles."
"What better way than to have paedophiles in school so kids can see that they are really nice chaps who simply enjoy an alternative lifestyle? Of course there will always be those who are bigoted by their paedophobia but - as now with homophobia - the police can telephone them at home or arrest them using the current police expression used for these evil people: ' You are walking on eggshells' ."
"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."

Etymology

From paedo- (“child”) + -phobia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: paedo
Suffix: phobia, paedo

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does paedophobia mean?: Commonwealth spelling of pedophobia (“an irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children”).
Where does paedophobia come from?: From paedo- (“child”) + -phobia.

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