necrophile

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On the other hand, they might see our world as a savage civilization led by pyromaniacs and necrophile sympathizers who have waged senseless wars for generations.

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  • The scenes in which Grenouille slathers animal fat on the nude corpses of his victims to extract their smells are intended to be necrophile-sensuous, but end up just schmaltzy in the most literal, unsentimental use of the word. —  FSFMagazine,June2007
  • I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse! —  Lingo Slinger
  • Good to see the bloodthirsty cannibal necrophile of Ward 8 won by a landslide. —  DCist
  • On the other hand, they might see our world as a savage civilization led by pyromaniacs and necrophile sympathizers who have waged senseless wars for generations. —  American Chronicle
  • He is a sort of necrophile. —  Original Short Stories — Volume 06
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  1. Greek νεκρός, a dead body, + φίλος, loving.
 

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