Lolita complex

English

Etymology

Calque of Japanese ロリータ・コンプレックス (rorīta konpurekkusu), from Vladimir Nabokov's 1995 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.

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