antipaedophile

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English

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Etymology

From anti- +‎ paedophile.

Adjective

antipaedophile (comparative more antipaedophile, superlative most antipaedophile)

  1. (law enforcement) Opposing paedophiles.
    • 2005, Hazel E. Nelson, Cognitive-behavioural therapy with delusions and hallucinations, page 217:
      For example, a voice accusing a man of being a paedophile might be based on recent TV news programmes about antipaedophile vigilante groups, plus the memory of having been accused of being a pervert by a neighbour, plus fears that he might be a secret paedophile because he enjoyed reading Lolita.

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