pederasty

Meaning

1. (US, uncountable, usually) Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy.
2. (US, archaic, uncountable, usually) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy.

Opposite of

korephilia

Synonyms

paederasty

sodomy

male homosexuality

buggery

active sodomy

paiderasty

perversion

pedication

homosexuality

boy-love

Translations

pédérastie

Päderastie

pederastia

pederastia

pederastia

παιδεραστία

pederàstia

لواط

Knabenliebe

knapenschennis

Pederastia

pederástico

oğlancılık

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛd.ə.ɹəs.ti/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδεραστία (paiderastía, “love of boys”), from παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “pederast”), from παῖς (paîs, “child, son, boy”) + ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἔραμαι (éramai, “to love”).