necrophiliac

[ nek-ruh-fil-ee-ak ]

noun

1. Psychiatry. a person who is sexually excited by or attracted to dead bodies:

   The serial killer was also a known necrophiliac.

2. a person who is excited or fascinated by death or killing:

   Those who embrace violence, whether in the form of acts of terrorism or acts of war, are necrophiliacs.

adjective

1. Psychiatry. having or relating to a sexual attraction to dead bodies:

   He had a disturbing tendency toward necrophiliac fantasies.

2. excited or fascinated by death or killing:

   I don't approve of that publisher's extreme, often necrophiliac and paranoid array of publications.

Word History and Origins

Origin of necrophiliac¹

necrophili(a) ( def ) + -ac ( def )

Example Sentences

More than 200 relatives of people abused by necrophiliac killer David Fuller have made claims for compensation.

From BBC

Simon Rex also continues to impress playing extreme characters this year, from a neo-Nazi in “The Sweet East” to a gay necrophiliac in “Down Low.”

From Salon

All of which might have been true on some level, but “The Enchanters” exudes a sort of pervy and even necrophiliac delight in its postmortem.

From Los Angeles Times

A man who was struggling with his mental health took his own life after learning the body of his deceased mother had been abused by necrophiliac killer David Fuller, an inquest heard.

From BBC

Set in the Appalachians far from the "west," they follow the stories of cursed people trapped in cycles of pain and violence: a clutch of bootleggers ensnared by murder and madness; a young woman lost in the dark as she searches the forest for her abandoned baby, itself the product of incest; a necrophiliac serial killer on a path of devastation.

From Salon