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necrophobia

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An abnormal fear of death or corpses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Funerals are ten times worse with necrophobia in addition to grief.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From necro- + -phobia, by analogy with necrophilia.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: nekrofobia — fear of death or corpses
  • French: nécrophobie — fear of death or corpses
  • Galician: necrofobia — fear of death or corpses
  • Greek: νεκροφοβία (nekrofovía) — fear of death or corpses
  • Italian: necrofobia — fear of death or corpses
  • Japanese: ネクロフォビア (Nekurofobia) — fear of death or corpses
  • Portuguese: necrofobia — fear of death or corpses
  • Romanian: necrofobie — fear of death or corpses
  • Romanian: frică de moarte — fear of death or corpses
  • Russian: некрофо́бия (nekrofóbija) — fear of death or corpses
  • Serbo-Croatian: некрофо̀бија — fear of death or corpses
  • Serbo-Croatian: nekrofòbija — fear of death or corpses
  • Spanish: necrofobia — fear of death or corpses