necrophobia

The Governor, who favors the stadium, recently told the people of Minnesota, who do not, that without major league sports the Twin Cities would be like Des Moines, "absolutely dead," which caused some consternation in Iowa and not much in Minnesota, where the fear of being like Des Moines, or necrophobia, is not so potent, except in Minneapolis, of course.

Associated words: cadaverous, cadaveric, necrophilism, necrophilous, carrion, necrophobia, necrogenic, necrogenous, necrotomy, necropsy, coffin, bier, catafalque, vespillo, cremate, cremation, crematory, crematorium, embalm, embalming. correct, a. accurate, right, exact, precise.

Associated-words: eschatology, thanatology, thanatopsis, necrology, thanatophobia, necrophobia, necrolatry, requiem, necromancy, posthumous, post-mortem, ante-mortem, euthanasian, dirge, crossbones, placebo, in extremis, decedent, funeral, obit, obitual, necrologist, fatality, fatal, casualty. deathless, a. immortal, imperishable, undying. death notice. obituary, necrology. debar, v. preclude, exclude. debase, v. degrade, deteriorate, abase, vitiate, corrupt, alloy, humiliate. debasement, n. degradation, abasement, deterioration, vitiation, depravation. debatable, a. contestable, moot, disputable, mooted, controvertible.

Necrophobia and thanatophobia are allied maladies, one being the fear of dead bodies and the other the fear of death itself.