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English
Etymology
From necro- + -phily. Compare the earlier necrophilia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɪˈkɹɒfəli/, /nɛˈkɹɒfəli/
Noun
necrophily (uncountable)
- Necrophilia.
- 1942: By this necrophily, and a pervasive nastiness about sex , millions were raised to a state of rapture. — Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 173)