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necrophilia

pathological attraction to dead bodies, especially sexual attraction or intercourse
MedicalCondition psychosexual_disorder Q181843
necrophilia
Pietro Pajetta · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

necrophilia is a psychosexual disorder[1]. necrophilia draws 33,382 Wikipedia views per month (psychosexual disorder category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: paraphilia[3], crime[4]
  • Commons category: Necrophilia[5]
  • Said to be the same as: thanatophilia[6]
  • Opposite of: necrophobia[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Necrophilia[8]
  • Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
  • Health specialty: paraphilia[10]
  • Hashtag: Necrophilia[11]

Why It Matters

necrophilia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] necrophilia is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q296207
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q296207, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Health specialty → paraphilia
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → paraphilia, crime
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 22587, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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