paedophobia
English
Etymology 1
From paedo- (“child”) + -phobia.
Noun
paedophobia (uncountable)
- Commonwealth spelling of pedophobia (“an irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children”).
Etymology 2
From paedo (“paedophile”) + -phobia.
Noun
paedophobia (uncountable)
- Commonwealth spelling of pedophobia (“a fear or dislike of pedophiles”).
- 2001 February 17, White Shite, “Justice?..pah!”, in uk.media.tv.misc[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 September 2025:
- Who cares - you're only trolling as
>usual.
Really? It seems I'm not alone in standing up against paedophobia.
- 2003 November 4, Flannagan, “ACT [New Zealand] Paedophiles On GE [Genetic Engineering] March?”, in nz.politics[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 September 2025:
- Sounds like an[sic] you suffer from paedophobia and support hate crimes against paedophiles.
- 2006 January 10, MikeinCamden@aol.com, “Fighting paedophobia!”, in uk.politics.misc[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 September 2025:
- 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' .
- 2008 September 6, Turk182, “Paedophobia”, in uk.legal[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 September 2025:
- 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.