Meanings
plural siscons
- JapaneseuncountablefictionStrong attachment or attraction to one's own sister.
“Imouto sae Ireba Ii” - Adaptation of a light novel with a strong siscon slant.
2017 September 19, Dave Baranyi, “Fall 2017 New Anime Try--Out List”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)3 more examples
What's up with Da Capo? Siscon and lolicon in episode 1, a catgirl later -- is the target market fetishists?
2003 July 17, Galen Musbach, “The Summer of Our Discontent”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)Heck, it's not too hard to find incest themes in non-H these days. Bro/Siscon relationships date back even before the seminal "Revolutionar [sic] Girl Utena", and still crop up in today's harem styled shows like "Sister Princess", and the still hilarious "Majikano".
2006 March 26, Abraham Evangelista, “Re:Protecting the Children at anime cons”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)Perhaps you're wondering about what '80s anime would have thought of the siscon aspect. It likely wouldn't have been permitted as such a central concept on an anime TV show […] but the siscon theme was the focus of a relatively popular 1980s OAV series named for its main character, Ami.
2015 July 28, Tsukasa Fushimi, edited by Jemiah Jefferson, Oreimo: Kuroneko Volume 2, →ISBN, page 163 - JapanesecountablefictionA person with such an attachment or attraction.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ésh₂r̥
- Proto-Indo-European*su-h₁ésh₂-ōr?
- Proto-Indo-European*swé
- Proto-Indo-European*swésōr
- Proto-Germanic*swestēr
- Proto-West Germanic*swester
- Old Englishsweostor
- Middle Englishsuster
- Englishsister
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleḱ-
- Proto-Italic*plektō
- Latinplectō
- Latincomplector
- Latincomplexu
- Frenchcomplexe
- Englishcomplex
- Japaneseシスターコンプレックスclip.
- Japaneseシスコン
- Englishsiscon
Borrowed from Japanese シスコン, clipping of シスターコンプレックス, from English sister + complex. By surface analysis, sis + -con (“abnormal sexual attraction”)
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Cite this entry
siscon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/siscon
“siscon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/siscon. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “siscon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/siscon.
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