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necrophiliac
[ nek-ruh-fil-ee-ak ]
/ 藢n蓻k r蓹藞f瑟l i藢忙k /
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noun Also nec路ro路phile [nek-ruh-fahyl] /藞n蓻k r蓹藢fa瑟l/ .
Psychiatry. a person who is sexually excited by or attracted to dead bodies:The serial killer was also a known necrophiliac.
a person who is excited or fascinated by death or killing:Those who embrace violence, whether in the form of acts of terrorism or acts of war, are necrophiliacs.
adjective
Psychiatry. having or relating to a sexual attraction to dead bodies:He had a disturbing tendency toward necrophiliac fantasies.
excited or fascinated by death or killing:I don't approve of that publisher's extreme, often necrophiliac and paranoid array of publications.
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Also nec路ro路phil路ic [nek-ruh-fil-ik], /藢n蓻k r蓹藞f瑟l 瑟k/, .
Origin of necrophiliac
Words nearby necrophiliac
necromancy, necromania, necromimesis, necrophagous, necrophilia, necrophiliac, necrophilism, necrophobia, necrophorous, necropolis, necropsy
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How to use necrophiliac in a sentence
For those not fond of clicking on links, Greenlee was a noted necrophiliac.
What was compelling about this, in general, was that, according to reports at the time, 9 out of 10 necrophiliacs are men.