necrophilia
/ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/US/nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/
necrophilia noun: a pathological attraction to dead bodies.
Noun
necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)
- A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
- Sexual activity with corpses.
- A woman in Sweden has been accused of necrophilia after investigators found some 100 skeleton parts in her apartment.2012 November 20, Associated Press, “Swedish woman charged with necrophilia after dozens of skeletal parts uncovered in home”, in Fox News
- Mann was a vocal leader in the group, and she was particularly outspoken about an incident in which the school's rugby team engaged in chants calling for violence against women -- including rape and necrophilia.2015 May 7, David Goldman, “Campus uproar over Yik Yak app after sex harassment, murder”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024
- A pathological fascination with death.
necrophilia meaning in Tamil
necrophilia in Tamil
- பிணத்தோடு பாலுறவுறல், பிணப்பற்று மிகைப்பு
Synonyms of necrophilia
Antonyms
Forms of necrophilia
| plural | necrophilias |
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Origin of necrophilia
From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).
Words formed from necrophilia
Words that rhyme with necrophilia
- aquaphilia
- bibliophilia
- biophilia
- microphilia
- philia
- -philia
- ephebophilia
- geophilia
- gerontophilia
- pedophilia
- trichophilia
- vorarephilia
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- xenophilia
- zoophilia
- androphilia
- aptophilia
- asphyxiophilia
- autoandrogynemorphophilia
- autoandrophilia
- autogynandromorphophilia
- autogynephilia
- autonepiophilia
- cilia
- claustrophilia
- coprophilia
- discophilia
- eproctophilia
- glossophilia
- haemophilia
- inflatophilia
- Japanophilia
- juvenilia
- Kabylia
- klismaphilia
- Laconophilia
- limnophilia
- lithophilia
- logophilia
- lygophilia
- macrophilia
- milia
- nyctophilia
- opacarophilia
- plushophilia
- scopophilia
- sillier
- teratophilia
- urophilia
Questions about necrophilia
- What does necrophilia mean?
- Necrophilia means a pathological attraction to dead bodies.
- What is necrophilia in Tamil?
- Necrophilia in Tamil is பிணத்தோடு பாலுறவுறல், பிணப்பற்று மிகைப்பு. See Necrophilia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is necrophilia?
- Necrophilia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce necrophilia?
- Necrophilia is pronounced /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of necrophilia?
- The plural of necrophilia is necrophilias.
Words near necrophilia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: necrophilia (page history and authors); necrophilia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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