necrosadism

From necro- +‎ sadism.

necrosadism (uncountable)

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

   Hyponyms: necromutilomania, (rare) necromutilophilia

   • 2008 December 22, Anil Aggrawal, Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 363:

     ... necrosadism, arousal from mutilating a corpse. All these features were typically displayed by Jack the Ripper, the notorious late nineteenth century killer.

   • 2014 November 28, Steve Finbow, Grave Desire: A Cultural History of Necrophilia, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN:

     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 […]

   • 2015 June 5, Michael Arntfield, Murder City: The Untold Story of Canada's Serial Killer Capital, 1959-1984, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 25:

     […] Correlated with necrosadism. / Necrophilia: Arousal through engaging in sexual acts with or being intimately connected to human corpses. Correlated with numerous necrophilic spectrum behaviours, including necrosadism. / Necrosadism: Arousal or preoccupation with committing indignities to or defiling and/or mutilating and humiliating dead bodies. Correlated with erotophonophilia, odaxelagnia, and cannibalistic behaviours not otherwise classified.

• necrophilia

Borrowed from French nécrosadisme.

necrosadism n (uncountable)

1. necrosadism

• necrosadism in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN