necrophilia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/, /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/
Rhymes: -ɪliə
Homophone: negrophilia

Noun

necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)

(sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse.
(medicine) 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 (zh) (liànshīpǐ), 戀屍／恋尸 (zh) (liànshī), 屍體嗜好症／尸体嗜好症 (shītǐ shìhàozhèng)
Czech: nekrofilie (cs) f
Danish: nekrofili (da) c
Dutch: necrofilie (nl) f
Estonian: nekrofiilia
Finnish: nekrofilia (fi)
French: nécrophilie (fr) f
Galician: necrofilia (gl) f
German: Nekrophilie (de) f
Greek: νεκροφιλία (el) f (nekrofilía)
Icelandic: náfrygð f
Italian: necrofilia (it) f
Japanese: 屍姦 (ja) (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
Polish: nekrofilia (pl) f
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 (sv)
Turkish: nekrofili (tr)

pathological fascination with death

Danish: nekrofili (da) c
Dutch: necrofilie (nl) f
Finnish: nekrofilia (fi)
French: nécrophilie (fr) f
Galician: necrofilia (gl) f
Greek: νεκροφιλία (el) f (nekrofilía), θανατοφιλία (el) f (thanatofilía)
Icelandic: náfíkn f
Italian: necrofilia (it) f
Portuguese: necrofilia (pt) f
Russian: некрофили́я (ru) f (nekrofilíja)
Spanish: necrofilia (es) f

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} nekrofilio (eo)
German: ^{(please verify)} Nekrophilie (de) f
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 死体愛好症 (したいあいこうしょう, shitaiaikōshō)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 시체애호가 (sicheaehoga)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} necrophilia f
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} nekrofil
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} nekrofília f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} nekrofili (sv) c

Anagrams

arenophilic

Latin

Pronunciation

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

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈfi.li.a/, [nekroˈfiːliä]

Noun

necrophilia f (genitive necrophiliae); first declension

(rare) necrophilia

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	necrophilia	necrophiliae
Genitive	necrophiliae	necrophiliārum
Dative	necrophiliae	necrophiliīs
Accusative	necrophiliam	necrophiliās
Ablative	necrophiliā	necrophiliīs
Vocative	necrophilia	necrophiliae

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