necrosadism

noun

Etymology

From necro- + sadism.

  1. borrowed from Sadismus
  2. prefixed as necrosadism — “necro + sadism

Definitions

  1. Sexual arousal or gratification derived from the mutilation or humiliation of dead bodies

    Sexual arousal or gratification derived from the mutilation or humiliation of dead bodies; sadism towards the dead.

    • ... necrosadism, arousal from mutilating a corpse. All these features were typically displayed by Jack the Ripper, the notorious late nineteenth century killer.
    • Necrosadism (sexual gratification from the mutilation of corpses). These terminologies often overlap and, in Bertrand's case, they form part of a sexual trilogy in which necrophagy and necrosadism combine to create necrophilia[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for necrosadism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA