necrophiles
Attracted to corpses
Necrophiles are people sexually attracted to corpses.
The term covers both those with the paraphilia (necrophilia) and those who act on it.
The word appears in clinical, forensic, and horror contexts: The detective suspected the killer was a necrophile.
Sometimes used loosely for anyone with a morbid fascination with death.
Deceased human body
- cadaverBody for dissection
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveSerious and worrying
remains · deceased · death · burial · exhumation · decomposition · embalming · coffin
Dark, mysterious aesthetic
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- eerieDisturbingly strange
grotesque · horror · darkness · grim · sinister · chilling · disturbing · nightmarish
Violating accepted boundaries
- forbiddenNot allowed
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
repugnant · obscene · outlawed · condemned · anathema · abhorrent · reviled · criminalized
Medical examination after death
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- coronerPublic death investigator
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
prosecution · victim · morgue · detection · law-enforcement · incarceration · conviction
Atypical sexual interest disorder
- necrophilicAttracted to the dead
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
- fetishismFixation on specific objects
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
compulsion · disorder · psychopathology · perversion · aberration · fixation
corpse
Deceased human body
grave · remains · deceased · death · burial · exhumation · decomposition · embalming · coffin · crypt
gothic
Dark, mysterious aesthetic
- ghoulishFascinated by death grotesquely
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
eerie · grotesque · horror · darkness · grim · sinister · chilling · disturbing · nightmarish · depraved
transgressive
Violating accepted boundaries
- forbiddenNot allowed
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
prohibited · repugnant · obscene · outlawed · condemned · anathema · abhorrent · reviled · criminalized · deviant
autopsy
Medical examination after death
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- coronerPublic death investigator
- pathologyStudy of disease processes
evidence · prosecution · victim · morgue · detection · law-enforcement · incarceration · conviction
paraphilia
Atypical sexual interest disorder
- necrophilicAttracted to the dead
- devianceDeparture from accepted standards
- fetishismFixation on specific objects
pathology · compulsion · disorder · psychopathology · perversion · aberration · fixation