necrophilia
Meaning
Noun
- A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
- Pathological fascination with death.
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Origin
- necro- + -philia
- From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).
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