Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

erotophonophilia en · NOUN

Etymology

From eroto- (“love”) + Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos, “murder”) + -philia.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) lust murder
    • Despite the serial aspect of these killings, lust murder still remains a distinct subcategory of both sexual and serial murder. It is also referred to as erotophonophilia, one of the most extreme forms of paraphilia. 2003, Eric Hickey, Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime, SAGE, →ISBN, page 281: