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English
Etymology
From pedo- (“child”) + -phagic.
Adjective
pedophagic (not comparable)
- Engaging in, involving, or related to the eating of children.
1987, Barbara A. Miliaras, Pillar of Flame: The Mythological Foundations of D. H. Lawrence's Sexual Philosophy, Peter Lang, published 1987, →ISBN, page 82:However, Annable represents on his part the masculine aspect of the uroboros, the pedophagic father of archetypal mythology, the Moloch figure, and is thus equally as dangerous and destructive as his female counterpart.
1997, A. J. Boyle, Tragic Seneca: An Essay in the Theatrical Tradition, Routledge, published 1997, →ISBN:The description of the preparation of the children for the play's pedophagic banquet recalls the Messenger's description in Seneca's Thyestes, […]
2000, Tom Gunning, The Films of Fritz Lang: Allegories of Vision and Modernity, British Film Institute, published 2000, →ISBN, page 55:I have already discussed the key visionary scene in Metropolis, Freder's vision in which he sees the central machine of the city transform itself into a demon, the cannibalistic, pedophagic god, Moloch.
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