vampirism

English

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
Treason, delusion, vampirism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba! — Thomas Carlyle.

Translations

disease

Finnish: punahukka (fi), systeeminen lupus erythematosus

state of being a vampire

Finnish: vampyyriys

practices associated with vampires

Finnish: vampirismi

Slovene: vampírstvo n

extortion — see extortion

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Esperanto: vampirismo

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