vampirism

English

Alternative forms

vampyrism (archaic)

Etymology

From 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, 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

Bulgarian: системен лупус еритематозус m (sistemen lupus eritematozus)
Finnish: punahukka (fi), systeeminen lupus erythematosus
Portuguese: vampirismo (pt)

state of being a vampire

Bulgarian: вампиризъм m (vampirizǎm), вампирство c (vampirstvo)
Finnish: vampyyriys
Portuguese: vampirismo (pt) m

practices associated with vampires

Bulgarian: вампиризъм m (vampirizǎm), вампирство c (vampirstvo)
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	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	vampirism	vampirismul
genitive-dative	vampirism	vampirismului
vocative	vampirismule