"living dead" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} living dead (not comparable)
  1. Existing in stasis, without meaningful activity or development. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Afterlife, Death
    Sense id: en-living_dead-en-adj-L9~4H99Q Disambiguation of Afterlife: 92 8 Disambiguation of Death: 98 2

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} living dead pl (plural only)
  1. (fiction, usually with the) The undead; zombies, vampires, etc. Tags: plural, plural-only, usually Categories (topical): Fiction, Vampires, Zombies Translations (undead): 活死人 (huósǐrén) (Chinese Mandarin), ondode [masculine] (Dutch), levende dode [masculine] (Dutch), zombie [masculine] (Dutch), morts-vivants [masculine, plural] (French), zombis [masculine, plural] (French), lebende Tote (German), żywe trupy [masculine, plural] (Polish), morto-vivo [masculine] (Portuguese), muertos vivientes [masculine, plural] (Spanish), zombis [masculine, plural] (Spanish), levande död [common-gender] (Swedish), vandöd (Swedish), odöd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-living_dead-en-noun-pFygElRT Disambiguation of Vampires: 44 56 Disambiguation of Zombies: 22 78 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English oxymorons, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English oxymorons: 16 84 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 84 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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