minor-attracted person

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Etymology

Coined as a form of abstraction, with the intention of avoiding the stigma attached to pre-existing terms, and to serve as an umbrella term for nepiophiles, pedophiles, hebephiles, ephebophiles.

Noun

minor-attracted person (plural minor-attracted persons or minor-attracted people)

  1. (euphemistic, nonstandard) A pedophile; including nepiophiles, hebephiles and ephebophiles.

Usage notes

  • Use is commonly interpreted as a sign that the speaker supports or is sympathetic to such people.
  • Use is highly controversial; a professor at Old Dominion University in the United States "who advocated for the destigmatisation of paedophiles as 'minor-attracted persons'" was placed on administrative leave[1] and resigned.[2]

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