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necrophilous

necrophilous adjective: thriving on death or on dead things.

Adjective

necrophilous (not comparable)

  1. Thriving on death or on dead things.
    • There are many factors, personal and cultural, that are responsible for this unevenness; in addition, some necrophilous traits may not be discovered in people who hide them successfully.1992, Erich Fromm, The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, page 408

Origin of necrophilous

From necro- + -philous.

Questions about necrophilous

What does necrophilous mean?
Necrophilous means thriving on death or on dead things.
What part of speech is necrophilous?
Necrophilous is an adjective.

Words near necrophilous in the dictionary

  1. necrophilic
  2. necrophilism
  3. necrophilist
  4. necrophilistic
  5. necrophilists
  6. necrophilous
  7. necrophily
  8. necrophobe
  9. necrophobes
  10. necrophobia
  11. necrophobic

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