Word Study
necronite |
necrophagan |
necrophagia |
necrophagous |
necrophagy |
necrophilia
| necrophiliac
| necrophilism
| necrophobia
| necrophore
| necropolis
necrophilia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun necrophilia has 1 sense
- necrophilia(n = noun.motive) necromania, necrophilism - an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies; Array is a kind of cacoethes, mania, passion
OXFORD DICTIONARY
necrophilia, n. (also necrophily) a morbid and esp. erotic attraction to corpses.
Derivative
necrophil n. necrophile n. necrophiliac n. necrophilic adj. necrophilism n. necrophilist n.
Etymology
NECRO- + Gk -philia loving
THESAURUS
necrophilia
active algolagnia, algolagnia, algolagny, amphierotism, autoeroticism, bisexuality, coprophilia, exhibitionism, fetishism, heterosexuality, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, incest, incestuousness, lesbianism, masochism, narcissism, paraphilia, passive algolagnia, pedophilia, sadism, sadomasochism, sapphism, scotophilia, sexual inversion, sexual normality, sexual preference, swinging both ways, transvestitism, tribadism, tribady, voyeurism, zooerastia, zoophilia
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