necrophile
Dead body fetishist
A necrophile is a person sexually attracted to corpses.
The term covers both those who fantasize about such contact and those who act on it—the latter being criminal in most jurisdictions.
The word appears in clinical, forensic, and horror contexts: The detective suspected the killer was a necrophile.
Also necrophiliac.
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
death · corpse · decay · putrefaction · decomposition · cadaverous · sepulchral · charnel
Theft from burial sites
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- exhumationRecovering buried remains
- corpseDeceased human body
- morgueCorpse holding facility
forensics · coroner · felony · prosecution · deviance · pathology · offender · incarceration
Corruption or deviant distortion
- forbiddenNot allowed
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- abhorrentCausing intense revulsion
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
paraphilia · disgust · repugnant · unspeakable · shameful · psychiatric · disorder · abnormal
Lover of books
- audiophileSound quality enthusiast
- oenophileLover of vintages
- cinephilePassionate movie enthusiast
- francophileAdmirer of French things
technophile · philately · etymology · Greek · lover · enthusiast · affinity
macabre
Disturbing, death-obsessed
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
gothic · death · corpse · decay · putrefaction · decomposition · cadaverous · sepulchral · charnel · crypt
grave-robbing
Theft from burial sites
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- exhumationRecovering buried remains
- corpseDeceased human body
morgue · forensics · coroner · felony · prosecution · deviance · pathology · offender · incarceration · autopsy
perversion
Corruption or deviant distortion
deviance · paraphilia · disgust · repugnant · unspeakable · shameful · psychiatric · disorder · abnormal · unnatural
bibliophile
Lover of books
- audiophileSound quality enthusiast
- oenophileLover of vintages
- cinephilePassionate movie enthusiast
francophile · technophile · philately · etymology · Greek · lover · enthusiast · affinity