pedophobia

pedophobia
b) An irrational or obsessive fear, anxiety, discrimination or criminalisation of real and supposed pedophiles or pedophilia advocates. An (incorrect) neologism, rarely used. Created as an analogy of homophobia.
See Also: phobia

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