Definition of "necrophilia" []

• Obsessive fascination with death and corpses. (noun)
• Erotic attraction to or sexual contact with corpses. (noun)

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• "This category is for individuals whose sexual interests are directed primarily toward objects other than people of the opposite sex, toward sexual acts not usually associated with coitus, or toward coitus performed under bizarre circumstances as in necrophilia, pedophilia, sexual sadism, and fetishism."
• "How about a float focusing on brave humans risking their lives for lofty objectives, exploration by robots, NASA as an agency that helps save the home planet, and space commercialization to make human space travel a * real* 21st century enterprise, rather than phallic hardware and retro-landers that belie a certain necrophilia for Apollo?"
• "Brought to you via ascetic_hedony's recent update and comment by cricketk ascetic_hedony: nothing says humour like cannibalism cricketk oh - I'd say necrophilia is pretty humourous."