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necrophiliac

Variant of necrophilia

noun

an abnormal fascination with death and the dead; esp., an erotic attraction to corpses

also necrophilism

Origin: necro- + -philia

Related Forms:

necrophile noun
necrophiliac adjective or necrophilous

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