necrophile

/nɛkrəˈfaɪl/

Definitions

1. noun

A person who is sexually attracted to corpses, often in a clinical or psychological context.

“The psychologist studied the phenomenon of necrophilia and its relation to necrophile behavior.”

2. noun

A person who has a morbid or unnatural fascination with death or the dead.

“The necrophile in the novel was portrayed as having an unsettling fascination with the afterlife.”

Synonyms

  • morbidist
  • thanatophile

Antonyms

  • biophile
  • vitalist