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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戀屍癖 (cmn), 恋尸癖 (cmn) (liànshīpǐ), 戀屍 (cmn), 恋尸 (cmn) (liànshī), 屍體嗜好症 (cmn), 尸体嗜好症 (cmn) (shītǐ shìhàozhèng)

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

• Japanese: 屍姦 (ja) (しかん, shikan), 死体性愛 (ja) (したいせいあい, shitaisen'ai), 屍体性愛 (ja) (したいせいあい, shitaisen'ai), ネクロフィリア (ja) (nekurofiria), 死体愛好症 (ja) (したいあいこうしょう, shitaiaikōshō)
• Lithuanian: nekrofilija (lt) f
• Manx: graih kirpey (gv) m
• Portuguese: necrofilia (pt) f
• Russian: некрофилия (ru) (nekrofilíja) 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) (nekrofilíja) f

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Translations to be checked

• 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