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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

소아성애

Pronunciation / Transliteration: so-a-seong-ae

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pedophilia/ˌpiː.dəˈfɪl.i.ə/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"소아성애는 정신医学적 치료가 필요할 수 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A psychiatric condition characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual attraction to prepubescent children.

    "Clinical treatment and intervention programs are essential for managing and preventing the expression of pedophilia."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the Greek roots 'paido-' meaning child and 'philia' meaning friendship or love, coined in the late 19th century within psychiatric and sexological literature to categorize psychological attraction.

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