pedophile, paedophile 1. Someone who has a healthy, socially acceptable, love or fondness for children. 2. In psychiatry, a paraphilic (sexually disordered) adult who has an abnormal sexual desire for children. 3. A sexual perversion characterized by urges and phantasies involving socially unacceptable activities with prepubertal children. Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2726/22