Necrophilia Definition
nĕkrə-fĭlē-ə
noun
An abnormal fascination with death and the dead; esp., an erotic attraction to corpses.
Webster's New World
A paraphilia in which sexual gratification is derived from fantasies or acts involving a corpse.
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Origin of Necrophilia
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From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nékros, “corpse, dead")) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection")), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).
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