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/ (US) IPA(key): /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/, /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/ Rhymes: -ɪliə Homophone: negrophilia === Noun === necrophilia (countable and uncountable, plural necrophilias) (sexuality) A pathological attraction to dead bodies. Sexual activity with corpses. (medicine) A pathological fascination with death. ==== Synonyms ==== necrophilism necrophily ==== Antonyms ==== necrophobia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === arenophilic == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɛ.krɔˈpʰɪ.li.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ne.kroˈfiː.li.a] === Noun === necrophilia f (genitive necrophiliae); first declension (rare) necrophilia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun.