paedophobe

From paedo- (“child”) +‎ -phobe.

paedophobe (plural paedophobes)

1. Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who dislikes children”).
   • 2009 September 6, Mike Carter, “Mike's big British bike adventure”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 September 2025:

     I'm no paedophobe, but I'm quite relieved that the children are back at school.

From paedo (“paedophile”) +‎ -phobe.

paedophobe (plural paedophobes)

1. Commonwealth spelling of pedophobe (“a person who fears or dislikes paedophiles”).
   • 2008 September 6, Turk182, “Paedophobia”, in uk.legal‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 September 2025:

     To explain. A paedophobe is one who rants endlessly about paedophiles yes, but also foreigners taking our jobs, yobs, gays. the liberal elite, the goody goody nanny state and the fact that teachers can't torture children anymore.

   • 2010 August 10, Nigel Oldfield, anonymous quotee, “Paedophile warns Sarah's Law may not stop him reoffending”, in uk.legal‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 September 2025:

     > It's left as an exercise for the reader why this practice is to be
     > discouraged.
     >
     Is it because it might confound the expectation of the Paedophobe on the Clapham omnibus?

   • 2018 September 7, Paul Cummins, “Married To a Paedophile”, in uk.legal‎^[4] (Usenet), archived from the original on 29 September 2025:

     Clinical studies have shown that rabid paedophobes such as you are, more often than not, closet paedophiles themselves.

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