Definitions for gerontophilia
geron·tophil·i·a

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1. gerontophilianoun

   The love of the elderly, especially in terms of sexual attraction.

2. Etymology: From γέρων + -logy

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1. Gerontophilia

   Gerontophilia is the primary sexual attraction to the elderly. A person with such a sexual preference is a gerontophile or gerontosexual.The word gerontophilia was coined in 1901 by psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing. It derives from Greek: geron, meaning "old person" and philia, meaning "friendship". Gerontophilia is classified as a paraphilia, but is not mentioned in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or International Classification of Diseases.The prevalence of gerontophilia is unknown. A study of pornographic search terms on a peer-to-peer network reported that 0.15% had gerontophilic themes. Sex offenders with elderly victims do not necessarily have gerontophilia. There are other possible motivations for these offenses, such as rage or sadism, or the increased vulnerability of elderly as a social group, which are factors that may not involve a sexual preference for the elderly. There are no studies showing that most such offenders are gerontophiles. In one small study, two of six sex offenders against the elderly showed gerontophilic tendencies. Gerontophilia can also be expressed with consenting elderly partners in a legal context.Research on gerontophilia is limited to a small number of case studies, beginning with a paper by French physician Charles Féré in 1905. Féré described a 27-year-old man who rejected an arranged marriage with a 20-year-old "beauty" in favor of a 62-year-old woman. Such studies commonly report that the subject had an early sexual experience with a much older woman.

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1. Gerontophilia

   The term gerontophilia refers to the sexual preference for the elderly. The word derives from Greek: geron, meaning "old man" and philie, meaning "love". A synonym is graeophilia. A person who has a sexual preference for the elderly is a gerontophile or graeophile. Specialised terms are alphamegamia for the attraction to an older man and anililagnia for the attraction to an older woman.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gerontophilia in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gerontophilia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gerontophilia
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerontophilia
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gerontophilia