necrophilic
Attracted to corpses
Necrophilic describes attraction to or sexual arousal by corpses, or pertains to necrophilia.
The term extends figuratively to an unhealthy obsession with death or decay: a necrophilic fascination with violence, the film's necrophilic aesthetic.
In clinical contexts, it characterizes a specific paraphilia.
The word carries strong negative connotations in any use.
Deceased human body
- cadaverBody for dissection
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- mortuaryFacility housing corpses
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
graveyard · tomb · crypt · coffin · embalming · funeral · death · decay
Fascinated by death grotesquely
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
- gothicDark, mysterious aesthetic
eerie · creepy · sinister · grim · chilling · dreadful · horror · dark
Not allowed
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- abhorrentCausing intense revulsion
repugnant · deviant · perverse · transgressive · unnatural · depraved · abomination · revulsion
Atypical sexual interest disorder
- psychopathologyStudy of mental disorders
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- fetishisticObsessively attached to objects
- attractionPull toward something
fixation · psychiatric · disorder · pathological · abnormal · clinical · diagnosis · DSM
Theft from burial sites
- violationBreaking of rules
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
imprisonment · felony · illegal · unlawful · deviant · offender · institutionalization
corpse
Deceased human body
cemetery · graveyard · tomb · crypt · coffin · embalming · funeral · death · decay · decomposition
ghoulish
Fascinated by death grotesquely
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
- grotesqueDistorted, bizarre figure
- morbidUnhealthily drawn to darkness
gothic · eerie · creepy · sinister · grim · chilling · dreadful · horror · dark · cadaverous
forbidden
Not allowed
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- unspeakableBeyond verbal expression
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
abhorrent · repugnant · deviant · perverse · transgressive · unnatural · depraved · abomination · revulsion · disgust
paraphilia
Atypical sexual interest disorder
- psychopathologyStudy of mental disorders
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- fetishisticObsessively attached to objects
attraction · fixation · psychiatric · disorder · pathological · abnormal · clinical · diagnosis · DSM
grave-robbing
Theft from burial sites
- violationBreaking of rules
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
prosecution · imprisonment · felony · illegal · unlawful · deviant · offender · institutionalization
necrophilicbiophilic
Attracted to living systems
life-affirming · vitalistic · vitalist · pro-life · generative
necrophilicbiophilic
Attracted to living systems
generative · creative · flourishing · fecund · regenerative