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Definition of Pederasty

1. Noun. Sexual relations between a man and a boy (usually anal intercourse with the boy as a passive partner).

Definition of Pederasty

1. n. The crime against nature; sodomy.

Definition of Pederasty

1. Noun. Erotic love, sexually expressed or chaste, between a man and an adolescent boy. ¹

2. Noun. (archaic) Anal intercourse in general, usually between a man and an adolescent boy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pederasty

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Pederasty

1. Homosexual anal intercourse, especially when practiced on boys. Origin: G. Paiderastia; fr. Pais (paid-), boy, + erao, to long for (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pederasty

Literary usage of Pederasty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychopathia Sexualis, with Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1922)
"... has placed male love for males in a very different light from that in which it, and particularly pederasty, stood at the time the statutes were framed. ..."

2. Diseases of the Rectum and Anus: Designed for Students and Practitioners of by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1902)
"pederasty, in its strictest sense, means intercourse with a boy per annin. ... But one variety of sodomy — namely, pederasty — will be considered, ..."

3. Diseases of the rectum and anus by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1906)
"pederasty, in its strictest sense, means intercourse with a boy per anum. ... But one variety of sodomy— namely, pederasty—will be considered, ..."

4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Rectum, Anus, and Contiguous Textures by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1896)
"SODOMY (pederasty). THIS term is used to express unnatural intercourse ... pederasty in its strictest sense means intercourse per rcc/m/t between male and ..."

5. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1908)
"... founded on the slight and suspicious evidence of a child or a servant, . . . and pederasty became the crime of those to whom no crime could be imputed. ..."

6. Psychopathia Sexualis: With Especial Reference to the Antipathic Sexual by Richard Krafft-Ebing (1906)
"Perverse people but seldom endanger the morality of the young by pederasty, but much more frequently by other acts of immorality. Beyond a certain age, ..."

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