Dictionary

lolicon en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlɑ.lɪˌkɑn/ (General-American)
• /ˈlɒ.lɪˌkɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ロリコン (rorikon), a clipping of ロリータ・コンプレックス (“Lolita complex”), which is itself borrowed from English Lolita complex. The spelling lolicon, a hybrid of the English etymon and the Japanese romanization, is now the dominant form in English‐speaking otaku media fandom. By surface analysis, loli + -con.

Meanings

1. (Japanese, uncountable, usually) Attraction (often erotic) to fictional depictions of young, typically prepubescent girls.
   • Innocence’s story—about female sex androids that kill their owners—is possible only in a Lolicon country like Japan. The androids are modeled after little girls[.] 2004, Patrick Macias, Tomohiro Machiyama, Cruising The Anime City: An Otaku Guide to Neo Tokyo, Stone Bridge Press, page 48:
   • A Japanese term derived from the English phrase “Lolita complex,” lolicon describes a fascination with cartoons of very young-looking girls engaged in varying degrees of erotic behavior. 2014 October 15, Matt Alt, “Pharrell Williams’s Lolicon Video”, in The New Yorker:
2. (Japanese, countable, usually) An individual who is attracted to such depictions.
   • let me say it again, lolicon and pedo are a different thing. japanese people are just saying it lolicon because in their mind, they already implanted the word of lolicon as pedo, but in anime community, pedo and lolicon are a different thing. why make it different ? so that we can see the difference from people who likes "fictional" little girl and from people who likes "real" little girl. 2016 July 15, YizelTro, Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! Episode 2 Discussion:
   • Ken's a lolicon (pedophile). 1998 March 9, Chadwick Ngan, “BLAND Manga Capsules 3/4/98”, in rec.arts.manga (Usenet):
   • Hey, don't take me for a lolicon: I'm not! It is just that I find that kind of anime... fun, refreshing. 2000 July 6, OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol, “:: chokes :: :: passes out ::”, in alt.hentai.sailor-moon (Usenet):
   • I don't need to hear you are becoming a lolicon. 1993 October 29, Eldrick Tobin, Master of Perversion, “The Arc: Joyful Noise Omakefic Unit 01: Sentenced: A Fanboys! Crossover ‘jnomk01.txt’ (1/1)”, in alt.hentai.sailor-moon (Usenet):
   • I like lolis, I consider myself a lolicon, but I'm not attracted to real children. Your argument fails immediately there since most lolicons are not attracted to real children. Am I a pedophile? 2016 July 14, Aiko_Hiroshi, Kono Bijutsubu ni wa Mondai ga Aru! Episode 2 Discussion:
3. (Japanese, uncountable, usually) Erotic or suggestive artwork depicting young, typically prepubescent, girls.
   • Some critics of lolicon claim that those who enjoy it also necessarily enjoy real child porn […] 2006, Lawrence Eng, Otaku Engagements: subcultural appropriation of science and technology, page 168:
   • Bizarrely, viewing and collecting lolicon seems to have become a subcultural norm, especially in Japan, […] 2010, Sarah D. Goode, Understanding and Addressing Adult Sexual Attraction to Children: a Study of Paedophiles in Contemporary Society, page 29:
   • If you are into bishojo, loli-con, or bishonen materials, be advised that customs *does* frown on what might be considered pornography. 1989 September 23, Mark Crispin, “bringing stuff into the US from Japan”, in soc.culture.japan (Usenet):
   • Most importantly, because German child pornography and child abuse laws forbid representation of children as sexual objects, there is a complete ban on shota or lolicon. 2010, Paul M. Malone, “From BRAVO to Animexx.de to Export”, in Boys’ Love Manga, page 33:
   • the whole gamut of lolicon and girls-with-guns genres 1993 March 27, Rafael Brown, “Anime Potrayal of Japanese Women”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):
4. (qualifier:Japanese contexts, uncountable, usually) Sexual attraction to or fascination with young girls in general.
   • This work can be considered a commentary on Japan’s sexual fetishisms, inclusive of BDSM and lolicon, […] 2008, Kenny Loui, Tokyo Phantasmagoria: An Analysis of Politics, page 69:
   • I got many flames for denoucing Nacchan’s Lolicon ways a few months back! 1995 April 4, Joseph L. Petrow, “Marmalade Boy ‐ Just Plain Screwed Up!!”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):

Forms

Coordinates

korophilia · hebephilia · parthenophilia

Deriveds

sholicon

Relateds

pedophilia · hentai · lolisho · kodocon · shotacon · loli · toddlercon · siscon

Translations (7)

fr lolicon (someone who likes young (generally fictional) girls) · ru рорико́н (someone who likes young (generally fictional) girls) · ja ロリコン (someone who likes young (generally fictional) girls) · cmn 蘿莉控 /萝莉控 (someone who likes young (generally fictional) girls) · pl lolikon (someone who likes young (generally fictional) girls) · ko 로리콘 (someone who likes young (generally fictional) girls) · ru лолико́н (someone who likes young (generally fictional) girls)