Dictionary

necrophilia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/ (UK)
• /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/ (US)

Etymology

From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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:
3. (countable, uncountable) A pathological fascination with death.

Forms

Antonyms

necrophobia

Deriveds

necrophiliac · functional necrophilia · necrophile · necrophilic · necrophilist

Relateds

necrophagia · necrotize · necrophile · necropsy · necrosis · necropolis

Synonyms

necrophily · necrophilism

Translations (45)

nl necrofilie (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · da nekrofili (pathological fascination with death) · sv nekrofili (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ru некрофили́я (pathological fascination with death) · es necrofilia (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · et nekrofiilia (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · fr nécrophilie (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · sh некрофѝлија (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · fi nekrofilia (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ja 屍姦 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ko 시간증 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · pl nekrofilia (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · cmn 屍體嗜好症 /尸体嗜好症 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ja 死体性愛 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · pt necrofilia (pathological fascination with death) · it necrofilia (pathological fascination with death) · sh nekrofìlija (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · gl necrofilia (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ja 屍体性愛 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ko 네크로필리아 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · it necrofilia (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · da nekrofili (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · pt necrofilia (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · gl necrofilia (pathological fascination with death) · ja 死体愛好症 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · gv graih kirpey (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ja ネクロフィリア (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · el νεκροφιλία (pathological fascination with death) · de Nekrophilie (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · cmn 戀屍 /恋尸 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · cmn 戀屍癖 /恋尸癖 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · sl nekrofilija (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · fi nekrofilia (pathological fascination with death) · is náfrygð (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · es necrofilia (pathological fascination with death) · nl necrofilie (pathological fascination with death) · lt nekrofilija (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ru некрофили́я (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · cs nekrofilie (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · fr nécrophilie (pathological fascination with death) · is náfíkn (pathological fascination with death) · el θανατοφιλία (pathological fascination with death) · tr nekrofili (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · ko 시체애호증 (pathological attraction to dead bodies) · el νεκροφιλία (pathological attraction to dead bodies)