Paiderastia

ped·er·ast (p

-r

)

A man who has sexual relations, especially anal intercourse, with a boy.

[Greek paiderasts : pais, paid-, child; see pedo-² + erasts, lover (from ersthai, to love).]

peder·asty n.

pederasty sometimes, paederasty [ˈpɛdəˌræstɪ]

homosexual relations between men and boys

[from New Latin paederastia, from Greek, from pais boy + erastēs lover, from eran to love]

pederastic sometimes, paederastic adj

pederasty, paederasty

a sexual act between two males, especially when one is a minor. — pederast, paederast, n.

See also: Children

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

pederasty - sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner)

paederasty

paraphilia - abnormal sexual activity

gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness - a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex

Translations

pederasty [ˈpedəræstɪ] N → pederastia f

pederasty

n → Päderastie f

pederasty [ˈpɛdəræstɪ] n → pederastia

Mentioned in	?		References in periodicals archive	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
children gayness homoeroticism homosexualism homosexuality paederasty paraphilia pederast Pederastic queerness sex	Subsequent commentaries on (and works inspired by) Plato's dialogues on love and a Neoplatonic hermeneutic would transform Plato's paiderastia and Ficino's homoerotic pedagogy and spirituality into a Renaissance version of fin'amors (courtly love), one that was resolutely heterosexual and ostensibly offered the possibility of moral and spiritual improvement. Louis Le Roy's Sympose de Platon and three other Renaissance ... by Schachter, Marc / Renaissance Quarterly Sometimes Jowett tries to translate ancient paiderastia (a type of social contract between an older and a younger man governed by precise laws of conduct) into modern heterosexual terms. 'Lovers and philosophers at once': aesthetic platonism in the ... by Evangelista, Stefano / Yearbook of English Studies McKenna comments: Oscar lived in an age when the only intellectual and historical justification for love and sex between men was the tradition of Greek paiderastia. More Wilde than we knew by Hattersley, Michael / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide	pagoda tree Pagodite Pagophila Pagophila eburnea Pagophilus Pagophilus groenlandicus Pagrus Pagrus pagrus Paguma pagurian Paguridae Pagurus pah Pah-Utes Pahang Pahari pahautea Pahi Pahlavi Pahlevi pahoehoe Pahsien paid paid vacation paid-up Paiderastia paideutics Paien Paige paigle Paignton Paijama pail pailful paillard paillasse paillette Paillon Pailmall pain pain in the ass pain in the neck pain pill pain sensation pain therapy pain threshold pain unit pain-free Painable Paine pained	Paid When Incurred Paid, Young, and Taking on the World from the Drivers Seat paid-but-unaccrued Paid-Call Firefighter PAID-D Paid-in capital Paid-in capital Paid-In Capital, Surplus paid-in surplus Paid-To Date PAID-U paid-up paid-up Paid-Up Additions Paid-Up Additions Rider Paid-Up Capital Paid-Up Dependent Paid-Up Insurance Paid-Up Policies Paid-up policy Paid-Up Share Capital Paid-Up-Front Paid/No Issue PAIDC PaidClicks Network Paide Paiderastia paideutics PAIDM PAIDO Paidonomos PAIDS Paidugina PAIE PAIE PAIE PAIE PAIE Paiea Paiea Paiela Paiela Airport Paiella Paiement Automatisé des Cotisations Paiement d'interets Paien Paieon Paieon Paieon Paier PAIEUG PAIF PAIFA Paiforce PAIG PAIGC Paige

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Dictionary browser

Full browser

children
gayness
homoeroticism
homosexualism
homosexuality
paederasty
paraphilia
pederast
Pederastic
queerness
sex

Subsequent commentaries on (and works inspired by) Plato's dialogues on love and a Neoplatonic hermeneutic would transform Plato's paiderastia and Ficino's homoerotic pedagogy and spirituality into a Renaissance version of fin'amors (courtly love), one that was resolutely heterosexual and ostensibly offered the possibility of moral and spiritual improvement.

Louis Le Roy's Sympose de Platon and three other Renaissance ... by Schachter, Marc / Renaissance Quarterly

Sometimes Jowett tries to translate ancient paiderastia (a type of social contract between an older and a younger man governed by precise laws of conduct) into modern heterosexual terms.

'Lovers and philosophers at once': aesthetic platonism in the ... by Evangelista, Stefano / Yearbook of English Studies

McKenna comments: Oscar lived in an age when the only intellectual and historical justification for love and sex between men was the tradition of Greek paiderastia.

More Wilde than we knew by Hattersley, Michael / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide

pederasty (redirected from Paiderastia)

pederasty
(redirected from Paiderastia)