vampirism
English
Alternative forms
- vampyrism (archaic)
Etymology
vampire + -ism
Noun
vampirism (usually uncountable, plural vampirisms)
- (pathology) Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)
- (mythology) the state of being a vampire
- practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
- (figuratively) extortion
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, OCLC 1026761782, (please specify the book or page number):
- Treason, delusion, vampirism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba!
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Translations
disease
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state of being a vampire
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practices associated with vampires
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extortion — see extortion
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Romanian
Etymology
From French vampirisme or English vampirism.
Noun
vampirism n (uncountable)
- vampirism
Declension
declension of vampirism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) vampirism | vampirismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) vampirism | vampirismului |
vocative | vampirismule |