Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Belief in vampires.
- noun The behavior of a vampire.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Belief in the existence of vampires. See
vampire , 1. - noun The action of a vampire-bat; the act or practice of blood-sucking.
- noun Figuratively, the practice of extortion or preying on others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Belief in the existence of vampires.
- noun The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.
- noun Fig.: The practice of extortion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the state of being a
vampire , or the practices associated with vampires, in particularblood -drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force. - noun figuratively
extortion
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun belief in the existence of vampires
- noun the actions or practices of a vampire
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Examples
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His vampires cannot stand sunlight (demonstrated in a spectacular sequence), vampirism is an infestation spread by vampire bite, and in particular, vampires need to be invited in to households – the film draws its central theme (and title) from this notion of “letting someone in”.
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Here, vampirism is a known condition but the law has yet to catch up with the issues that they bring forth.
REVIEW: "The Vaccinator" by Michael Marshall Smith and "Andy Warhol's Dracula" by Kim Newman 2007
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It was a movie that was filmed in black and white about an existential philosophy student who becomes a vampire, except vampirism is treated like heroin addiction.
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Westerfeld's take on vampires and vampirism is that it's about parasites; and to prove his point the book contains a lot of real science about parasites.
Peeps 2006
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In other words, vampirism is a disease, and it can be passed from person to person unknowingly or otherwise.
slayground: Booklist: Monster Mash Little Willow 2006
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A diabetic teen decides that vampirism is connected to her disease.
slayground: Booklist: Monster Mash Little Willow 2006
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Every aspect of vampirism is researched and explained in nearly completely plausible, scientific ways ... right down to myths versus reality of various ancient vampire knowledge, future applications of vampires, and patenting the names of drugs that suppress the "Crucifix Glitch".
Crash archmage 2005
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Agnes: "You mean vampirism is like ... pyramid selling?"
I was just considering Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett missmurchison 2005
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Dr. Gomez-Alonso wasn’t the first scientist who tried to pin vampirism to a real illness.
They're Alive: Real Scientific Reasons to Believe in Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies 2009
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Tomas Alfredson's brilliant adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's novel (which takes its name from a Morrissey lyric) was one of the most unexpected movie treats of the decade? an exhilarating, heartbreaking tale of adolescent angst in which, according to the director, the vampirism was a metaphor for repressed youthful rage.
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