Necrophilia

//nɛkɹoʊˈfɪli.ə//

Synonyms for "necrophilia" (40 found)

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Translations

45 translations across 24 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 屍體嗜好症 /尸体嗜好症 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • 戀屍 /恋尸 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • 戀屍癖 /恋尸癖 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Czech

1 entries
  • nekrofilie noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Danish

2 entries
  • nekrofili noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • nekrofili noun (pathological fascination with death)

Dutch

2 entries
  • necrofilie noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • necrofilie noun (pathological fascination with death)

Estonian

1 entries
  • nekrofiilia noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Finnish

2 entries
  • nekrofilia noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • nekrofilia noun (pathological fascination with death)

French

2 entries
  • nécrophilie noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • nécrophilie noun (pathological fascination with death)

Galician

2 entries
  • necrofilia noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • necrofilia noun (pathological fascination with death)

German

1 entries
  • Nekrophilie noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Greek

3 entries
  • θανατοφιλία noun (pathological fascination with death)
  • νεκροφιλία noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • νεκροφιλία noun (pathological fascination with death)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • náfrygð noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • náfíkn noun (pathological fascination with death)

Italian

2 entries
  • necrofilia noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • necrofilia noun (pathological fascination with death)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ネクロフィリア noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • 屍体性愛 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • 屍姦 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • 死体性愛 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Korean

3 entries
  • 네크로필리아 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • 시간증 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • 시체애호증 noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • nekrofilija noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Manx

1 entries
  • graih kirpey noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Polish

1 entries
  • nekrofilia noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • necrofilia noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • necrofilia noun (pathological fascination with death)

Russian

2 entries
  • некрофили́я noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • некрофили́я noun (pathological fascination with death)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • nekrofìlija noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • некрофѝлија noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nekrofilija noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Spanish

2 entries
  • necrofilia noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)
  • necrofilia noun (pathological fascination with death)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nekrofili noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Turkish

1 entries
  • nekrofili noun (pathological attraction to dead bodies)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sami read anything related to necrophilia.

Source: tatoeba (6119273)

Sami was obsessed with necrophilia.

Source: tatoeba (6119274)

A woman in Sweden has been accused of necrophilia after investigators found some 100 skeleton parts in her apartment.

Source: wiktionary

Mann was a vocal leader in the group, and she was particularly outspoken about an incident in which the school's rugby team engaged in chants calling for violence against women -- including rape and necrophilia.

Source: wiktionary

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