different between narcissism vs necrophilia

English

Etymology

From original German Narzissismus, soon changed to Narzissmus due to haplology, from Narcissus, a character in Greek mythology who became obsessed with his own reflection, +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??s??s?zm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??s??s?zm/

Noun

narcissism (usually uncountable, plural narcissisms)

1. Excessive love of oneself.
2. Sexual desire for one's own body.

Hyponyms

• NPD

Derived terms

• narcissist
• narcissistic
• narcissize

Translations

See also

• egoism
• egocentrism
• self-love
• self-flattery

Further reading

• narcissism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

necro- +? -philia

From necro- (Ancient Greek ?????? (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek ????? (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?k??(?)?f?l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n?k?o??f?li.?/, /n?k?o??f?lj?/
• Rhymes: -?li?

Noun

necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)

1. (sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
2. (medicine) Pathological fascination with death.

Synonyms

• necrophilism
• necrophily

Antonyms

• necrophobia

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• arenophilic

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ne.kro?p?i.li.a/, [n?k???p??liä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.kro?fi.li.a/, [n?k???fi?li?]

Noun

necrophilia f (genitive necrophiliae); first declension

1. (rare) necrophilia

Declension

First-declension noun.