korophilia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros, “boy, youth”) and φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).
Noun[edit]
korophilia (uncountable)
- Sexual attraction to boys or young men.
- 1990, Wayne Dynes, Warren Johansson, William A Percy, Stephen Donaldson, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, New York: Garland, →ISBN, Appendix:
- In the age-differentiated type, as seen in ancient Greek and in Islamic pederasty, Spartan korophilia, pedophilia, [...] the older partner has something, namely adulthood and the knowledge that goes with it, that the younger is seeking to acquire.
- 2011, Jan Resnick, “Far-out Philias and Phobias”, in Psychotherapy in Australia, volume 17, page 65:
- Gerontophilia is the sexual attraction to the elderly, whereas Korophilia is the love of young men or boys.