teleiophilia

English

Etymology

teleio- (“fully grown”) +‎ -philia

Noun

teleiophilia (uncountable)

  1. Sexual attraction to adults.
    Synonym: adultophilia
    Coordinate terms: hebephilia, ephebophilia, pedophilia
    Hypernym: normophilia
    • 2016, Helmut Kury, Sławomir Redo, Evelyn Shea, Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration: Suggestions for Succeeding Generations, Springer (→ISBN), page 503:
      Often, this body age preference is determined by mature secondary sexual characteristics of an adult. The sexual preference for the adult, fully developed body age is referred to as teleiophilia (gr. “teleos”—fully grown) […]

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