necrophilia

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  1. noun Obsessive fascination with death and corpses.
  2. noun Erotic attraction to or sexual contact with corpses.

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  • Nekromantik is exactly what it claims to be: an unflinching ode to necrophilia which, if it weren't for the second-rate special effects, would probably be impossible to sit through. —  SomethingWickedSFandHorrorMagazine#4
  • What feels particularly familiar is the emotive language being used by those opposing Englaro's right to die - Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán, the Vatican's spokesperson on "health issues" described the planned removal of feeding tubes as "monstrous and inhuman murder", while Church newspaper Avvenire accused the court of "necrophilia". —  New Humanist Blog
  • And if you've ever wondered about the ins and outs of werewolf necrophilia, then this is the Fresh Ink for you. —  Comic Book Movie
  • I was recently reading about Peter Singer, and his view that necrophilia (shudder) should be legal if the person consents before death. —  Mises Dailies
  • The esteemed professor Singer also believes sex with animals is acceptable and has no objections to necrophilia - provided the deceased gave consent when still alive.
 

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