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necrophiliac

necrophiliac

1 9.9
Showing a strong, unhealthy interest in death or dead things
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɛkrəˈfɪliæk/
translation icon : macabro
  • The artist's latest work explores the necrophiliac fascination with mortality and decay.

Examples

  • In its vulgarized form, this desire to restore a sense of the sacred is as perverse as it is necrophiliac.

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  • His necrophiliac tendencies were evident in the themes he chose for his horror novels.

  • She wrote a necrophiliac-themed essay discussing society's morbid curiosity about death.

Synonyms

morbid
vsnecrophiliac
49 7.3

Showing an unhealthy interest in death or other upsetting things

is specific to an abnormal focus on death and corpses rather than all disturbing topics
ghoulish
vsnecrophiliac
15 8.2

Showing an unhealthy interest in death and dead bodies

is about an abnormal interest in actual dead bodies rather than just spooky style
necrophilic
vsnecrophiliac
1 9.9

Being strongly interested in death and funerals, not in a sexual way

is a general abnormal morbid interest in death and dead things

Surface Forms

necrophiliac positive

Morphology

necrophiliac = necrophilia (semi-transparent) = necro + phil + iac

The suffix '-iac' indicates an adjective form of 'necrophilia', but the specific non-sexual interest meaning may not be immediately clear.

Etymology

Necrophiliac comes from the Greek parts necro- meaning 'dead body' and -philia meaning 'love' or 'strong liking'. So it literally means a 'love of the dead', and can be used for a morbid or unusual interest in death or dead things.