"hebephilia" meaning in All languages combined

See hebephilia on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hebephilia.wav
Etymology: From hebe- (“relating to youth”) + -philia. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hebe-|-philia|gloss1=relating to youth}} hebe- (“relating to youth”) + -philia Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} hebephilia (uncountable)
  1. (dated) A sexual preference for adolescent girls. Tags: dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-hebephilia-en-noun-7hROiRr4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with hebe-, English terms suffixed with -philia, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Philias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hebe-: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -philia: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Philias: 83 17
  2. Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children and younger adolescents, usually between 10 and 14 years old. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hebephilia-en-noun-lFs-YFRn Categories (other): Pedophilia Disambiguation of Pedophilia: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hebephile, hebephiliac, hebephilic, pedohebephilia Related terms: ephebophilia, pederasty, romantic, sexual relationship between a man and an adolescent boy

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hebephile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hebephiliac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hebephilic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pedohebephilia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hebe-",
        "3": "-philia",
        "gloss1": "relating to youth"
      },
      "expansion": "hebe- (“relating to youth”) + -philia",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hebe- (“relating to youth”) + -philia.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "hebephilia (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ephebophilia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pederasty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "romantic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sexual relationship between a man and an adolescent boy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with hebe-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -philia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Philias",
          "orig": "en:Philias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975 Forensic Science Abstracts - Volume 1 - Page 216",
          "text": "This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989 Robert H. Rencken Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 10",
          "text": "paraphilias are included: hebephilia (adolescent girls) and ephebophilia (adolescent boys), although the dynamics of these latter two may be closer to those of adult attraction."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sexual preference for adolescent girls."
      ],
      "id": "en-hebephilia-en-noun-7hROiRr4",
      "links": [
        [
          "adolescent",
          "adolescent"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A sexual preference for adolescent girls."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pedophilia",
          "orig": "en:Pedophilia",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children and younger adolescents, usually between 10 and 14 years old."
      ],
      "id": "en-hebephilia-en-noun-lFs-YFRn",
      "links": [
        [
          "pubescent",
          "pubescent"
        ],
        [
          "children",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "younger",
          "younger"
        ],
        [
          "adolescent",
          "adolescent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hebephilia.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hebephilia.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hebephilia.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hebephilia.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hebephilia.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hebephilia"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with hebe-",
    "English terms suffixed with -philia",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "en:Pedophilia",
    "en:Philias"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "hebephile"
    },
    {
      "word": "hebephiliac"
    },
    {
      "word": "hebephilic"
    },
    {
      "word": "pedohebephilia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hebe-",
        "3": "-philia",
        "gloss1": "relating to youth"
      },
      "expansion": "hebe- (“relating to youth”) + -philia",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hebe- (“relating to youth”) + -philia.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "hebephilia (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ephebophilia"
    },
    {
      "word": "pederasty"
    },
    {
      "word": "romantic"
    },
    {
      "word": "sexual relationship between a man and an adolescent boy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975 Forensic Science Abstracts - Volume 1 - Page 216",
          "text": "This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls)"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989 Robert H. Rencken Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 10",
          "text": "paraphilias are included: hebephilia (adolescent girls) and ephebophilia (adolescent boys), although the dynamics of these latter two may be closer to those of adult attraction."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sexual preference for adolescent girls."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adolescent",
          "adolescent"
        ],
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) A sexual preference for adolescent girls."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children and younger adolescents, usually between 10 and 14 years old."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pubescent",
          "pubescent"
        ],
        [
          "children",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "younger",
          "younger"
        ],
        [
          "adolescent",
          "adolescent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-hebephilia.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hebephilia.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hebephilia.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hebephilia.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Flame%2C_not_lame-hebephilia.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hebephilia"
}

Download raw JSONL data for hebephilia meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (85b9f46 and 1b6da77). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.