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necrophily

/nɪˈkɹɒfəli/

necrophily noun: necrophilia.

Noun

necrophily (uncountable)

  1. Necrophilia.
    • 1942: By this necrophily, and a pervasive nastiness about sex …, millions were raised to a state of rapture. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 173)

necrophily meaning in Bengali

necrophily in Bengali

শবকামনা

Origin of necrophily

From necro- + -phily. Compare the earlier necrophilia.

Questions about necrophily

What does necrophily mean?
Necrophily means necrophilia.
What is necrophily in Bengali?
Necrophily in Bengali is শবকামনা. See Necrophily meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is necrophily?
Necrophily is a noun.
How do you pronounce necrophily?
Necrophily is pronounced /nɪˈkɹɒfəli/.

Words near necrophily in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: necrophily (page history and authors); necrophily (Bengali 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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