| 单词 | necrophilia |
| 释义 | necrophilia (once / 262652 pages) n Someone who is overly interested in dead bodies — even feeling an attraction toward them — suffers from necrophilia. Use the noun necrophilia to describe a person's fascination with, and sexual attraction to, corpses. There is some evidence that members of the Moche civilization, in what is now Peru, believed that sex with dead bodies provided a spiritual connection with the deceased, but necrophilia has mostly been a rare and abnormal occurrence. The word comes from the Greek nekros, "death," and philia, "love or affection." WORD FAMILYnecrophilia USAGE EXAMPLESContains violence, disturbing images, obscenity, sensuality and necrophilia. Washington Post(Jun 23, 2016) The movie’s narrative, such as it is, includes intimations of vampirism, sexual frustration culminating in necrophilia, and more unpleasant stuff. New York Times(Jun 23, 2016) Mr. Refn wraps rape, necrophilia, literal blood baths and a disturbing appearance by Keanu Reeves around brightly colored, fluorescent sets. New York Times(Jun 17, 2016) n an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies Syn|Hyper necromania, necrophilism cacoethes, mania, passion an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
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