necromania

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necromania

(ˌnɛkrəʊˈmeɪnɪə)
n
(Psychiatry) another word for necrophilia
ˌnecroˈmaniˌac n
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necromania

an obsession with death or the dead. — necromaniac, n.
See also: Corpses
an obsession with death or the dead. Cf. thanatomania.
See also: Manias
an obsession with death or the dead.
See also: Death
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.necromania - an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
necrophilia, necrophilism
cacoethes, mania, passion - an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
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Translations

nec·ro·ma·ni·a

n. necromanía, preocupación anormal por cadáveres o por la muerte.
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Reports of similar malefic acts have started doing rounds at an alarming rate with the Nazimabad area disinterment of young girls cadavers by a necromania to save his morbid perversion being the predecessor to this mass grave desecration at hand.
35 Buried bodies go missing from Karachi graveyard
Reports of similar malefic acts have started doing rounds at an alarming rate with the Nazimabad area disinterment of young girls' cadavers by a necromania to state his morbid perversion being the predecessor to this mass grave desecration at hand.
35 Buried bodies go missing from Karachi graveyard
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