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necrophilia

/nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English

Syllables
necrophil-ia
IPA
/nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pathological attraction to dead bodies.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Sexual activity with corpses.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A pathological fascination with death.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From necro- (Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “corpse, dead”)) + -philia (Ancient Greek φιλία (philía, “affection”)), after German Nekrophilie (in Krafft-Ebing 1887).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: νεκρός, Nekrophilie

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/
  • British English: /ˌnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

necrophilias (plural)

Derived Forms

necrophile necrophiliac necrophilic necrophilist

Phrases

functional necrophilia

Frequently Paired Words

necrophagia necrophile necropolis necropsy necrosis necrotize

Synonyms

necrophilism necrophily necromania

Antonyms

necrophobia

Rhymes With

pedophilia cilia sillier haemophilia philia milia biophilia zoophilia juvenilia kabylia autogynephilia ephebophilia

Questions

How do you pronounce necrophilia?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə/.
What does necrophilia mean?
A pathological attraction to dead bodies.
Where does necrophilia come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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