"pedophobic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: paedophobic [alternative, Commonwealth]
Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + -phobic. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|pedo|phobic|id1=child|t1=child}} pedo- (“child”) + -phobic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pedophobic (not comparable)
  1. (psychology, rare, American spelling) Having a fear of children. Tags: US, not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-pedophobic-en-adj-SPeInH7N Categories (other): Psychology, English terms prefixed with pedo- (child), English terms suffixed with -phobic Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phobic: 52 48 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pedophobe, pedophobia
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Forms: paedophobic [alternative, Commonwealth]
Etymology: From pedo (“pedophile”) + -phobic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pedo|phobic|t1=pedophile}} pedo (“pedophile”) + -phobic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pedophobic (not comparable)
  1. (rare, American spelling) Having a fear or hatred of pedophiles. Tags: US, not-comparable, rare Synonyms: pedophilophobic
    Sense id: en-pedophobic-en-adj-gNw7vSiM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -phobic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phobic: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pedophobe, pedophobia
Etymology number: 2
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