Thanatophilia

Thanatophilia (from Greek θάνατος (thanatos) = death, φιλία (philia) = affection) is the fascination with death, the love of dying and impermanence. The term can designate a corresponding psychopathological symptom or an artistic, literary position. It is occasionally synonymous with the similar term necrophilia , but mostly in contrast to an aesthetic perception without sexual paraphilia .

See also

• Gothic (culture)
• Death instinct
• Snuff movie

literature

• Peter E. Meltzer: The Thinker's Thesaurus: Sophisticated Alternatives to Common Words (Expanded Third Edition) . WW Norton, August 3, 2015, ISBN 978-0-393-33897-3 , p. 296.