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Necrophilia is defined as the sexual attraction to dead bodies in fantasy or through sexual contact as a preferred or exclusive means of sexual arousal and orgasm.

Necrosis or Neuronal cell death refers to a direct result of a critical interference with the cellular metabolism of the neuron. In general, a period of 4 to 6 minutes of Anoxia may cause Necrosis.

Need for achievement is a term according to trait theory which is the extent to which a person desires to be successful. Need for achievement is the motive to engage in and succeed at entrepreneurial achievement behavior; the need to achieve, overcome obstacles, excel, and live up to a high standard. Need for achievement (n Ach) is McClelland’s depiction of achievement motivation as a learned motive to compete and to strive for success in situations in which one’s performance can be evaluated against some standard of excellence Please see also Need for achievement (nAch)

Need for achievement (n Ach) refers to McClelland’s depiction of achievement motivation as a learned motive to compete and to strive for success in situations in which one’s performance can be evaluated against some standard of excellence

- Need for achievement (nAch) : The desire to excel or meet some internalized standard of excellence. Please see also Need for achievement and Need for achievement (n Ach)

Need for affiliation refers to the dispositional tendency to seek out others; the extent to which a person desires to be around other people.

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Need for closure refers to dimension of individual differences, with high scorers being motivated to reduce ambiguity and uncertainty.

Need for cognition refers to the motivation to think and analyze. Assessed by agreement with items such as "the notion of thinking abstractly is displeasing to me" and disagreement with items such as "I only think as hard as I have to".