• Vampirism

    Full definition of vampirism

    Noun

    vampirism

    (usually uncountable; plural vampirisms)
    1. the state of being a vampire, or the practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force.
    2. (figuratively) extortionTreason, delusion, vampirism, scoundrelism, from Dan to Beersheba! — Thomas Carlyle.
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