paedophiliapedophilian.

1906 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. i. 11 Paidophilia or the love of children..may be included under this head [sc. abnormality].

1926 Med. Jrnl. & Rec. 124 161/1 One must keep clearly in mind in dealing with pedophilia the distinction between that mediating homosexuality, and the much more pure perversion which is our subject.

1952 E. A. Gutheil tr. W. Stekel Patterns of Psychosexual Infantilism i. 62 Some eager lady friends of the mistress of the house who expand their friendship to include the younger male generation, may be suspected of pedophilia.

1962 Listener 20 Sept. 438/1 The film certainly is not..a study in paedophilia, of a middle-aged professor's grotesque passion for a twelve-year-old girl.

1978 E. J. Trimmer Basic Sexual Med. vi. 148 There appears to be some evidence that aversion therapy is reasonably effective—a point worth remembering considering the heavy penalties that offenders receive if convicted of paedophilia.

1992 A. Grey Quest for Justice 208 Popular usage of ‘paedophile’ as meaning a sexual molester or abuser of children has made realistic discussion of paedophilia extremely difficult.

2003 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 20 Mar. 23 It never once descended into sensationalism and melodrama, despite a plot involving organised paedophilia in children's homes and the abduction and murder of a little boy.