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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary nec·ro·phil·ia \\ˌne-krə-ˈfi-lē-ə\\ noun ETYMOLOGY New Latin DATE 1892 : obsession with and usually erotic interest in or stimulation by corpses • nec·ro·phil·i·ac \\-ˈfi-lē-ˌak\\ adjective or noun • nec·ro·phil·ic \\-ˈfi-lik\\ adjective English Etymology necrophilia 1892, in Chaddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's "Psychopathia Sexualis," from necro- + philia. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 necrophilia necro·philia / 7nekrE5filiE / noun[U] sexual interest in dead bodies 恋尸癖 • necro·phil·iac noun Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged nec·ro·phil·ia \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈfilēə\ noun (-s) Etymology: New Latin, from necr- + -philia : fascination with the dead; specifically : obsession with and usually erotic attraction toward and stimulation by corpses typically evidenced by overt acts (as copulation with a corpse) |
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