necrophilia

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• UK: /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/
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• US: /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/
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• US: /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪljə/
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• rhymes with -ɪliə
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• homophone: negrophilia
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From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 戀屍癖 /恋尸癖 (liànshīpǐ) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Chinese Mandarin: 戀屍 /恋尸 (liànshī) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Chinese Mandarin: 屍體嗜好症 /尸体嗜好症 (shītǐ shìhàozhèng) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Czech: nekrofilie — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Danish: nekrofili — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Dutch: necrofilie — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Estonian: nekrofiilia — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Finnish: nekrofilia — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• French: nécrophilie — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Galician: necrofilia — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• German: Nekrophilie — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Greek: νεκροφιλία (nekrofilía) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Icelandic: náfrygð — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Italian: necrofilia — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Japanese: 屍姦 (shikan) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Japanese: 死体性愛 (shitaisen'ai) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Japanese: 屍体性愛 (shitaisen'ai) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Japanese: ネクロフィリア (nekurofiria) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Japanese: 死体愛好症 (shitaiaikōshō) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Korean: 시간증 (siganjeung) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Korean: 시체애호증 (sicheaehojeung) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Korean: 네크로필리아 (nekeuropillia) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Lithuanian: nekrofilija — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Manx: graih kirpey — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Polish: nekrofilia — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Portuguese: necrofilia — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Russian: некрофили́я (nekrofilíja) — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Serbo-Croatian: nekrofìlija — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Serbo-Croatian: некрофѝлија — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Slovene: nekrofilija — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Spanish: necrofilia — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Swedish: nekrofili — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Turkish: nekrofili — pathological attraction to dead bodies
• Danish: nekrofili — pathological fascination with death
• Dutch: necrofilie — pathological fascination with death
• Finnish: nekrofilia — pathological fascination with death
• French: nécrophilie — pathological fascination with death
• Galician: necrofilia — pathological fascination with death
• Greek: νεκροφιλία (nekrofilía) — pathological fascination with death
• Greek: θανατοφιλία (thanatofilía) — pathological fascination with death
• Icelandic: náfíkn — pathological fascination with death
• Italian: necrofilia — pathological fascination with death
• Portuguese: necrofilia — pathological fascination with death
• Russian: некрофили́я (nekrofilíja) — pathological fascination with death
• Spanish: necrofilia — pathological fascination with death