necrophilia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/, /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/
- Rhymes: -ɪliə
- Homophone: negrophilia
Noun[edit]
necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)
- (sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
- (medicine) Pathological fascination with death.
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Terms etymologically related to "necrophilia"
Translations[edit]
pathological attraction to dead bodies
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pathological fascination with death
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ne.kroˈpʰi.li.a/, [nɛkrɔˈpʰɪlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ne.kroˈfi.li.a/, [nekroˈfiːliä]
Noun[edit]
necrophilia f (genitive necrophiliae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | necrophilia | necrophiliae |
Genitive | necrophiliae | necrophiliārum |
Dative | necrophiliae | necrophiliīs |
Accusative | necrophiliam | necrophiliās |
Ablative | necrophiliā | necrophiliīs |
Vocative | necrophilia | necrophiliae |
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