autonecrophilia

n. sexual pleasure derived from the fantasy that one is dead and that another person is having sexual relations with one’s dead body.

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February 20th 2025

dual representation

the ability to comprehend an object simultaneously as the object itself and as a representation of something else. For example, a photograph of a person can be represented both as the print itself and as the person it depicts. Also called dual encoding; dual orientation.