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 […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
  Treason, delusion, vampirism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba!

Translations

disease

Finnish: punahukka (fi), systeeminen lupus erythematosus
Portuguese: vampirismo (pt)

state of being a vampire

Finnish: vampyyriys
Portuguese: vampirismo (pt) m

practices associated with vampires

Finnish: vampirismi
Portuguese: vampirismo (pt) m
Slovene: vampírstvo n

extortion — see extortion

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Esperanto: vampirismo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vampirisme or English vampirism. By surface analysis, vampir +‎ -ism.

Noun

vampirism n (uncountable)

vampirism

Declension

declension of vampirism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) vampirism	vampirismul
genitive/dative	(unui) vampirism	vampirismului
vocative	vampirismule

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