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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

पीडोफ़िलिक विकार

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pidofilik vikar

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pedophilic disorder/ˌpɛdəˈfɪlɪk dɪsˈɔrdər/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #85000 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"पीडोफ़िलिक विकार एक मानसिक स्वास्थ्य स्थिति है।"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A psychological and psychiatric diagnosis characterized by a recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasy, sexual urge, or behavior involving prepubescent children, generally age 13 years or younger.

    "Pedophilic disorder is classified in psychiatric manuals as a paraphilic disorder requiring specific diagnostic criteria for clinical identification."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin and Greek roots, combining 'pedo-' (from Greek 'pais', meaning child) and 'philia' (from Greek 'philia', meaning friendship or love, adapted here in psychological nomenclature for sexual attraction), paired with 'disorder' from Old French and Latin 'disordinare'. The clinical terminology was formalized in psychiatric diagnostic manuals during the late 20th century to categorize specific paraphilias.

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