Is there an opposite term to pedophilia referring to an attraction to older people?

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2026-04-15 04:10

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  • Pedophilia comes from the Greek for Child and Friendship. The technical term for the modern connotation of pedophilia is paedophilia erotica, or a sexual preference for children.
  • Ephebophilia is the psychological and sexual preference of late pubescents by younger people. Root is ephebos (one who has arrived at puberty) and philia (friendship).
  • Hebephilia is preference for earlier pubescents, teleiophilia, from teliOS (greek for "full grown")
  • Gerontophilia, from geron (greek for "old man") is preference for the elderly.

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