noun
Clinical and legal term for a person with a primary sexual attraction to prepubescent children. Often used in news, psychology, and law enforcement contexts.
警察は幼児性愛者の疑いで男を逮捕した。
The police arrested a man on suspicion of being a pedophile.
幼児性愛者は専門的な治療が必要とされる。
Pedophiles are said to require specialized treatment.
Similar clinical term, but 小児性愛者 can refer to attraction to children more broadly, while 幼児性愛者 specifically emphasizes prepubescent children.
Slang abbreviation of 'Lolita complex'; often used in otaku culture and can refer to an attraction to young-looking characters, not necessarily real children. More casual and potentially less clinical than 幼児性愛者.
Compound of 幼児 (young child) + 性愛 (sexual love) + 者 (person). A modern coined term, likely influenced by Western clinical terminology.