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vampirisms

vampirisms is the plural of vampirism.

Meaning of vampirism

Noun

vampirism (usually uncountable, plural vampirisms)

  1. (usually) Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease)
  2. (usually) The state of being a vampire.
  3. (usually) Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
  4. (figuratively, usually) Extortion.
    • Treason, delusion, vampyrism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba!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

Questions about vampirisms

What is vampirisms the plural of?
Vampirisms is the plural of vampirism.

Words near vampirisms in the dictionary

  1. vampirise
  2. vampirised
  3. vampirish
  4. vampirising
  5. vampirism
  6. vampirisms
  7. vampirist
  8. vampiristic
  9. vampiristically
  10. vampirists
  11. vampirization

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