vampirism

English

Alternative forms

• vampyrism (archaic)

Etymology

From vampire +‎ -ism.

Noun

vampirism (usually uncountable, plural vampirisms)

1. (pathology) Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)
2. (mythology) The state of being a vampire.
3. Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
4. (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

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)

1. 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