vampirism
English
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Noun
[edit]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, chapter II, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book III (The Tuileries), page 108:
- Treason, delusion, vampyrism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba!
Translations
[edit]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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French vampirisme or English vampirism. By surface analysis, vampir + -ism.
Noun
[edit]vampirism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
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| nominative-accusative | vampirism | vampirismul |
| genitive-dative | vampirism | vampirismului |
| vocative | vampirismule | |
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