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necromania

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n.

1.

An abnormal attraction to dead bodies.

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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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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