necrophobia.

An intense fear associated with death, corpses, or dead things.

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Words that belong together

• necrophobia around funerals
• describe necrophobia

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Her account of necrophobia explained why the funeral arrangements overwhelmed her.

The narrator named his necrophobia without claiming that every hesitation had the same cause.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.