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pederasty
noun as in lewdness
Strong matches
- boorishness
- carnality
- coarseness
- concupiscence
- corruptness
- debauchery
- depravity
- dirtiness
- dissoluteness
- eroticism
- erotism
- evil
- evilness
- grossness
- impurity
- incontinence
- incontinency
- lasciviousness
- lecherousness
- lechery
- licentiousness
- lubricity
- lustfulness
- obscenity
- pornography
- prurience
- pruriency
- ribaldry
- salaciousness
- salacity
- satyriasis
- scurrility
- smut
- smuttiness
- vileness
- villainy
- voluptuousness
- vulgarity
- wantonness
- wickedness
Example Sentences
If our physiology or chemistry becomes the final measuring rod of right and wrong, then we are left with absolutely no “moral” standards regarding pederasty, necrophilia, bestiality, or any other sexual expression.
His abuser, Carlos López Valdez was the first priest convicted in Mexico of pederasty and is currently serving a 63-year prison sentence.
Finally, there was Joe Paterno of Penn State, a much beloved philanthropist and father figure known as JoePa, whose legend was tarnished by the proven pederasty of one of his assistant coaches.
He told reporters that the reason for his expulsion was because he had exposed a culture of "pederasty and homosexuality" among the Church leadership.
Mr. Hubbard told The Morning News that his work on pederasty focuses on the “romantic courtship of adolescent males” in Greek literature and art and that he personally believes in informed consent.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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