Thanatopsis

- Noun

A view or contemplation of death, particularly in the form of artistic expression of some kind.

For better or for worse, much of Morrissey's works should be viewed as exercises in thanatopsis

Following the death of one of his two cats, and the subsequent abandonment of him by the only other companion (feline or otherwise) he would ever have in his life, Michael entered a deepened state of thanatopsis from which he never truly emerged

Thanatopsis by Charlemagne1993 June 17, 2017

thanatophile 

A person who is fascinated with death.

Thanatophiles like to see dead people. They like to see people die.

thanatophile by Braska Spira July 31, 2003

thanatophilia 

Obsessive facisnation with corpses and/or death.
Sometimes used in place of necrophilia but not nessicarily with sexual meaning.

Girl: Ew! How can you be into that stuff?
Girl #2: It's called thanatophilia. I find it cool how some people die and how their bodies look afterward.

thanatophilia by thanatophile May 24, 2016

tanatosis

1. In pathology, local death; gangrene.
2. The act of feigning death.

Opossums do tanatosis when frighten.

tanatosis by Mpc46 December 8, 2021