Necrophobia

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What Wikipedia says

Necrophobia is the specific phobia of dead organisms (e.g., corpses) as well as things associated with death (e.g., coffins, tombstones, funerals, cemeteries). With all types of emotions, obsession with death becomes evident in both fascination and objectification.

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