Definitions
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- noun The propensity to
murder in order to havesex with thecorpse . - noun this sense?) The propensity to derive sexual pleasure from mutilating dead bodies.
Etymologies
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necro- + sadism.
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Examples
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When there is, in addition, mutilation of the corpse, the condition is termed necrosadism.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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There seems usually to be no true sadism in either necrosadism or necrophilism.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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