teleiophile

English

Etymology

From teleio- +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiːləjowˌfajl]
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Noun

teleiophile (plural teleiophiles)

1. (sexology) A person who is sexually attracted to adults.

   Synonym: adultophile

   Hypernym: normophile

   Coordinate terms: pedophile, hebephile, ephebophile, gerontophile

   • 2003, Ray Blanchard et al., “Self-Reported Head Injuries Before and After Age 13 in Pedophilic and Nonpedophilic Men Referred for Clinical Assessment”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, →DOI:

     Of the remaining 428, 70 were classified as pedophiles, 225 as hebephiles, and 133 as teleiophiles.

   • 2009 January 24, Charles Mcgrath, “Surveying the Outer Reaches of Lust”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Daniel Bergner, age 48, the divorced father of two teenage children, is what sexologists would call a straight, vanilla teleiophile.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:teleiophile.

Related terms

• teleiophilia
• teleiophilic