thanatophilia

English

Etymology

From thanato- +‎ philia.

Noun

thanatophilia (uncountable)

1. The love of death.

   Antonym: thanatophobia

   • 1950, Oliver St. John Gogarty, Rolling Down the Lea, page 142:

     What has obsessed the Irishman with thanatophilia — this love of death, decadence and decay?

Related terms

• thanatophile
• thanatophilic