hebephilia

English

Etymology

hebe- (“relating to youth”) +‎ -philia.

Noun

hebephilia (uncountable)

  1. A sexual preference for adolescent girls.
    • 1975 Forensic Science Abstracts - Volume 1 - Page 216
      This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual pedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls)
    • 1989 Robert H. Rencken Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 10:
      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.
    Coordinate terms: korophilia, parthenophilia
  2. Adult sexual attraction primarily towards pubescent children.
    Coordinate terms: ephebophilia, pedophilia, teleiophilia

Derived terms

See also
  • ephebophilia, a preference for adolescent boys
  • pederasty, romantic or sexual relationship between a man and an adolescent boy

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