Usually means: Irrational fear of young children.
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  1. pedophobia: Wiktionary
  2. Pedophobia (phobia), Pedophobia (social phenomena), Pedophobia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. pedophobia: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pedophobia: Encyclopedia

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  1. Pedophobia: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  3. Pedophobia: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Pedophobia: The Phobia List

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pedophobia)

▸ noun:  (psychology, rare) An irrational, obsessive fear or dislike of children.

Similar:
pedophobe, paedophobe, phobia, infantophobe, infantophobia, ephebiphobia, paedophiliac, pornophobia, misopedia, genophobia, more...

Types:
acrophobia, claustrophobia, bathophobia, gymnophobia, climacophobia, bathmophobia, more...

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Similar:
pedophobe, paedophobe, phobia, infantophobe, infantophobia, ephebiphobia, paedophiliac, pornophobia, misopedia, genophobia, more...

Types:
acrophobia, claustrophobia, bathophobia, gymnophobia, climacophobia, bathmophobia, more...



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