Usually means: Sexual attraction to dead bodies.
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  1. necrophilism: Merriam-Webster
  2. necrophilism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. necrophilism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. necrophilism: Vocabulary.com
  5. necrophilism: Wordnik
  6. necrophilism: Wiktionary
  7. necrophilism: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. necrophilism: Dictionary.com
  9. necrophilism: Rhymezone
  10. necrophilism: FreeDictionary.org
  11. necrophilism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. necrophilism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. necrophilism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. necrophilism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Necrophilism: MedFriendly Glossary
  3. necrophilism: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  (rare) Necrophilia.

Similar:
necromania, necrophilia, necrophily, necrophagia, necrophobia, necrobiosis, necrobacillosis, anthropophagolagnia, necrolysis, necrozoospermia, more...

Opposite:
biophilia, love of life

Types:
thanatophilia, thanatophagy, thanatophagomania, more...

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Similar:
necromania, necrophilia, necrophily, necrophagia, necrophobia, necrobiosis, necrobacillosis, anthropophagolagnia, necrolysis, necrozoospermia, more...

Opposite:
biophilia, love of life

Types:
thanatophilia, thanatophagy, thanatophagomania, more...



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