necrophilia

Etymology

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

noun

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

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