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necrophiliac

[ nek-ruh-fil-ee-ak ]

noun

  1. Psychiatry. a person who is sexually excited by or attracted to dead bodies:

    The serial killer was also a known necrophiliac.

  2. 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

  1. Psychiatry. having or relating to a sexual attraction to dead bodies:

    He had a disturbing tendency toward necrophiliac fantasies.

  2. 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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