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Definition 2024

necrophilia

necrophilia

English

Noun

necrophilia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)

(sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
Pathological fascination with death.

Synonyms

Antonyms

necrophobia

Derived terms

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to "necrophilia"

Translations

pathological attraction to dead bodies

Chinese:
Mandarin: 戀屍癖, 恋尸癖 ‎(liànshīpǐ), 戀屍, 恋尸 ‎(liànshī), 屍體嗜好症, 尸体嗜好症 ‎(shītǐ shìhàozhèng)
Czech: nekrofilie f
Danish: nekrofili (da) c
Dutch: necrofilie (nl) f
Estonian: nekrofiilia
Finnish: nekrofilia (fi)
French: nécrophilie (fr) f
Galician: necrofilia f
German: Nekrophilie (de) f
Greek: νεκροφιλία (el) f ‎(nekrofilía)
Italian: necrofilia (it) f

Japanese: 屍姦 ‎(しかん, shikan), 死体性愛 ‎(したいせいあい, shitaisen'ai), 屍体性愛 ‎(したいせいあい, shitaisen'ai), ネクロフィリア ‎(nekurofiria), 死体愛好症 ‎(したいあいこうしょう, shitaiaikōshō)
Lithuanian: nekrofilija f
Manx: graih kirpey m
Portuguese: necrofilia (pt) f
Russian: некрофили́я (ru) f ‎(nekrofilíja)
Serbo-Croatian: nekrofìlija (sh) f, некрофѝлија f
Slovene: nekrofilija f
Spanish: necrofilia (es) f
Swedish: nekrofili
Turkish: nekrofili (tr)

pathological fascination with death

Danish: nekrofili (da) c
Dutch: necrofilie (nl) f
Finnish: nekrofilia (fi)
French: nécrophilie (fr) f
Galician: necrofilia f

Greek: νεκροφιλία (el) f ‎(nekrofilía), θανατοφιλία (el) f ‎(thanatofilía)
Italian: necrofilia (it) f
Portuguese: necrofilia (pt) f
Russian: некрофили́я (ru) f ‎(nekrofilíja)
Spanish: necrofilia (es) f

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈpʰi.li.a/, [nɛ.krɔˈpʰɪ.li.a]

Noun

necrophilia f ‎(genitive necrophiliae); first declension

(rare) necrophilia