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necrophilia

[ nek-ruh-fil-ee-uh ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. an erotic attraction to corpses.


necrophilia

/ ˌnɛkrəʊˈfɪlɪə; ˈnɛkrəʊˌfaɪl /

noun

  1. sexual attraction for or sexual intercourse with dead bodies Also callednecromanianecrophilism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԱ𳦰ˈ󾱱, adjective
  • ˌԱ𳦰ˈ󾱱ˌ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Ա··󾱱·· [nek-r, uh, -, fil, -ee-ak], adjective noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of necrophilia1

From New Latin, dating back to 1890–95; necro-, -philia
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Example Sentences

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In the hours before killing his family, Prosper researched shotgun wounds, necrophilia and the weather on the day of the attack.

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The women, the judge said, "were preyed upon and targeted by a white supremacist who was acting upon his homicidal necrophilia".

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Thus American society stands broadly convicted of necrophilia — as opposed to biophilia.

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He is serving a concurrent 12-year term after admitting dozens of instances of necrophilia that the prosecutor in the case said had never been seen on that scale before in a British court.

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During the police investigation, Bundy testified in a deposition about Clark’s necrophilia and that he kept Wilson’s head in the freezer of their home for sexual purposes.

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