vampirism
English
noun
Definitions
- (pathology) 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
Etymology
Suffix from English vampire.
Origin
English
vampire
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antivampire English
- autovampirism English
- nonvampire English
- vampire English
- vampiredom English
- vampirehood English
- vampirekind English
- vampireless English
- vampirelike English
- vampiresque English
- vampiress English
- vampirette English
- vampirey English
- vampiric English
- vampirical English
- vampirine English
- vampirise English
- vampirish English
- vampirist English
- vampiristic English
- vampirize English
- vampiroid English
- vampirology English
- vampire French
- バンパイア Japanese
- ヴァンパイア Japanese
- vaimpír Irish
- แวมไพร์ Thai
- bampira Cebuano
- fampir Welsh