necrophilismn.
/nᵻˈkrɒfᵻlɪz(ə)m/, /nɛˈkrɒfᵻlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /nəˈkrɑfəˌlɪz(ə)m/, /nɛˈkrɑfəˌlɪz(ə)m/ = necrophilia n. Also in extended use.
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necrophilism1864
necrophilia1892
necrophily1897
1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 695 The most extraordinary exhibition of necrophilism.
1921 Sci. Monthly Dec. 545 Individuals..whose idea of culture is..devouring fragments of various dead languages... Neither would any scientist quarrel with even the classicist given over entirely to necrophilism if the latter did not keep on insisting that his is the only real portal to culture and beauty.
1960 J. W. Bellah Sergeant Rutledge xi. 54 Might bury it somewhere and go back to it to dig it up—as a transference device of necrophilism.
1983 J. N. Katz Gay/Lesbian Almanac 180 The last group included lust murder, and cannibalism, ‘necrophilism’, and ‘contrary sexual sensation’.
1995 Lawyers Weekly (Nexis) 14 Apr. 14 Lord Wheatley suggests ‘the woman's conduct would constitute not only adultery, but necrophilism.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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