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necrophilia

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.

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necrophilic

English

Etymology

necrophilia +? -ic

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?n?k.???f?l.?k/

Adjective

necrophilic (comparative more necrophilic, superlative most necrophilic)

  1. of or relating to necrophilia

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