"necrophilia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/ [UK], /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/ [US], /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-necrophilia.wav Forms: necrophilias [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪliə 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). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|necro-|-philia}} necro- + -philia, {{uder|en|grc|νεκρός||corpse, dead}} Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”), {{uder|en|de|Nekrophilie}} German Nekrophilie Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias)
  1. (sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sexuality, Paraphilias Translations (pathological attraction to dead bodies): 戀屍癖 /恋尸癖 (liànshīpǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 戀屍 /恋尸 (liànshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 屍體嗜好症 /尸体嗜好症 (shītǐ shìhàozhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), nekrofilie [feminine] (Czech), nekrofili [common-gender] (Danish), necrofilie [feminine] (Dutch), nekrofiilia (Estonian), nekrofilia (Finnish), nécrophilie [feminine] (French), necrofilia [feminine] (Galician), Nekrophilie [feminine] (German), νεκροφιλία (nekrofilía) [feminine] (Greek), náfrygð [feminine] (Icelandic), necrofilia [feminine] (Italian), 屍姦 (shikan) (alt: しかん) (Japanese), 死体性愛 (shitaisen'ai) (alt: したいせいあい) (Japanese), 屍体性愛 (shitaisen'ai) (alt: したいせいあい) (Japanese), ネクロフィリア (nekurofiria) (Japanese), 死体愛好症 (shitaiaikōshō) (alt: したいあいこうしょう) (Japanese), nekrofilija [feminine] (Lithuanian), graih kirpey [masculine] (Manx), nekrofilia [feminine] (Polish), necrofilia [feminine] (Portuguese), некрофили́я (nekrofilíja) [feminine] (Russian), nekrofìlija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), некрофѝлија [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nekrofilija [feminine] (Slovene), necrofilia [feminine] (Spanish), nekrofili (Swedish), nekrofili (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-necrophilia-en-noun-LlN4yKet Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 32 31 37 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with necro- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with necro-: 32 39 29 Topics: lifestyle, sexuality Disambiguation of 'pathological attraction to dead bodies': 88 2 10
  2. Sexual activity with corpses. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-necrophilia-en-noun-U6U9rTwj Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 32 31 37 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with necro- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with necro-: 32 39 29
  3. (medicine) A pathological fascination with death. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine, Death, Paraphilias Translations (pathological fascination with death): nekrofili [common-gender] (Danish), necrofilie [feminine] (Dutch), nekrofilia (Finnish), nécrophilie [feminine] (French), necrofilia [feminine] (Galician), νεκροφιλία (nekrofilía) [feminine] (Greek), θανατοφιλία (thanatofilía) [feminine] (Greek), náfíkn [feminine] (Icelandic), necrofilia [feminine] (Italian), necrofilia [feminine] (Portuguese), некрофили́я (nekrofilíja) [feminine] (Russian), necrofilia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-necrophilia-en-noun-A3dJUBQ7 Disambiguation of Death: 37 0 63 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 32 31 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with necro-, English terms suffixed with -philia, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 14 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with necro-: 32 39 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -philia: 28 27 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 9 69 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 16 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 27 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 24 13 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 13 12 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 24 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 21 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 19 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 26 22 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 30 12 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 28 16 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 17 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 19 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 19 18 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 19 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 19 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 19 16 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 16 66 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'pathological fascination with death': 11 0 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: necrophilism, necrophily Derived forms: functional necrophilia, necrophile, necrophiliac, necrophilist Related terms: necrophagia, necrophile, necropolis, necropsy, necrosis, necrotize

Inflected forms

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "necrofilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pathological fascination with death",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "necrofilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nekrofilíja",
      "sense": "pathological fascination with death",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "некрофили́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pathological fascination with death",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "necrofilia"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "necrophilia"
  ],
  "word": "necrophilia"
}

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