necrophilia

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/
• (US) IPA: /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪliə/, /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/
• Rhymes: -ɪliə

Noun

necrophilia (uncountable)

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

Synonyms

• necrophilism
• necrophily

Antonyms

• necrophobia

Derived terms

• necrophiliac

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to "necrophilia"

necrophagia necrophile necropolis

necropsy necrosis necrotize

Translations

pathological attraction to dead bodies

Czech: nekrofilie (cs) f. Danish: nekrofili (da) c. Dutch: necrofilie (nl) f. Estonian: nekrofiilia (et) Finnish: nekrofilia (fi) French: nécrophilie (fr) f. Greek: νεκροφιλία (el) (nekrofilía) f. Italian: necrofilia (it) f.

Lithuanian: nekrofilija (lt) f. Portuguese: necrofilia (pt) f. Russian: некрофилия (ru) (n'ekrofilíja) f. Serbo-Croatian: nekrofìlija (sh) f., некрофѝлија (sh) f. Slovene: nekrofilija (sl) f. Swedish: nekrofili (sv) Turkish: nekrofili (tr)

pathological fascination with death

Danish: nekrofili (da) c. Dutch: necrofilie (nl) f. Finnish: nekrofilia (fi) French: nécrophilie (fr) f.

Greek: νεκροφιλία (el) (nekrofilía) f., θανατοφιλία (el) (θanatofilía) f. Italian: necrofilia (it) f. Russian: некрофилия (ru) (n'ekrofilíja) f.

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Esperanto: nekrofilio German: Nekrophilie f. Icelandic: náriðill m. Japanese: 死体愛好症 (したいあいこうしょう, shitaiaikōshō)

Latin: necrophilia f. Norwegian: nekrofil Portuguese: necrofilia f. Slovak: nekrofília f. Spanish: necrofilia f. Swedish: nekrofili c. Korean: 시체애호가

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Latin

Noun

necrophilia (genitive necrophiliae); f, first declension

1. (rare) necrophilia