Lolita complex

English

Etymology

Calque from Japanese ロリータ・コンプレックス (rorīta konpurekkusu), from Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel Lolita + English complex.

Noun

Lolita complex (plural Lolita complexes)

1. The condition of being sexually attracted to young girls, especially in an older man.
   • 1986, Roy Huss, The Mindscapes of Art, page 198:

     The counterpart of this problem in middle-aged men has been described by the second named, the Lolita Complex, bringing to mind Humbert Humbert’s lust for “nymphets” in Nabokov’s famous novel.

Derived terms

• lolicon