necrophilia

English

Etymology

From necro- +‎ -philia.

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):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/, /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/
• Rhymes: -ɪliə
• Homophone: negrophilia

Noun

necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)

1. (sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
2. Sexual activity with corpses.
3. (medicine) Pathological fascination with death.

Synonyms

• necrophilism
• necrophily

Antonyms

• necrophobia

Derived terms

• functional necrophilia
• necrophile
• necrophiliac
• necrophilist

 

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to "necrophilia"

• necrophagia
• necrophile
• necropolis
• necropsy
• necrosis
• necrotize

Translations

pathological attraction to dead bodies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 戀こい屍かばね癖へき／恋こい尸しかばね癖へき (zh) (liànshīpǐ), 戀こい屍かばね／恋こい尸しかばね (zh) (liànshī), 屍體したい嗜好しこう症しょう／尸しかばね体たい嗜好しこう症しょう (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: 屍かばね姦かん (ja) (しかん, shikan), 死体したい性愛せいあい (したいせいあい, shitaisen'ai), 屍体したい性愛せいあい (したいせいあい, shitaisen'ai), ネクロフィリア (ja) (nekurofiria), 死体したい愛好あいこう症しょう (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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} nekrofilio (eo)
• German: ^{(please verify)} Nekrophilie (de) f
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 死体したい愛好あいこう症しょう (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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈpʰi.li.a/, [nɛkrɔˈpʰɪlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ne.kroˈfi.li.a/, [nekroˈfiːliä]

Noun

necrophilia f (genitive necrophiliae); first declension

1. (rare) necrophilia

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	necrophilia	necrophiliae
genitive	necrophiliae	necrophiliārum
dative	necrophiliae	necrophiliīs
accusative	necrophiliam	necrophiliās
ablative	necrophiliā	necrophiliīs
vocative	necrophilia	necrophiliae