Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A morbid attraction toward death or the dead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An abnormal attraction to dead bodies.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an irresistible sexual attraction to dead bodies
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Examples
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I've been out of the country on a couple of meditation retreats and so missed much of this summer's celebrity necromania.
The Dharma of Celebrity Death Dean Sluyter 2010
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I've been out of the country on a couple of meditation retreats and so missed much of this summer's celebrity necromania.
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I've been out of the country on a couple of meditation retreats and so missed much of this summer's celebrity necromania.
Dean Sluyter: The Dharma of Celebrity Death Dean Sluyter 2010
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I've been out of the country on a couple of meditation retreats and so missed much of this summer's celebrity necromania.
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The elder brother, a long-legged stutterer whom they called Aristón in jest, was the most funereal fellow on the planet; he suffered from acute necromania; anything connected with coffins, corpses, wakes and candles roused his enthusiasm.
The Quest P��o Baroja 1914
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