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Pederast and Pedophilia Definitions

Pederast

A man who has sexual relations, especially anal intercourse, with a boy.

Pedophilia

The deriving of sexual gratification from sexual fantasies or acts involving a child.

Pederast

A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.

Pedophilia

Sexual attraction to children by adults.

Pederast

One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.
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Pedophilia

(by extension) Sexual activity between adults and children; the act of child molestation.

Pederast

A man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner

Pedophilia

A sexual perversion in which children rather than adults most strongly excite sexual desire, and are used as sexual partners.

Pedophilia

Sexual activity of an adult with a child

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