"vampirism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vampirisms [plural]
Etymology: vampire + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vampire|ism}} vampire + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} vampirism (usually uncountable, plural vampirisms)
  1. (pathology) Systemic lupus erythematosus (autoimmune disease) Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diseases Translations (disease): punahukka (Finnish), systeeminen lupus erythematosus (Finnish), vampirismo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-vampirism-en-noun-h2QtyQ6i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 23 18 24 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 35 25 21 19 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'disease': 100 0 0 0
  2. (mythology) The state of being a vampire. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Mythology Translations (state of being a vampire): vampyyriys (Finnish), vampirismo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-vampirism-en-noun-LAVURaTg Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'state of being a vampire': 10 78 6 7
  3. Practices associated with vampires, in particular blood-drinking and the draining of a victim's life-force. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (practices associated with vampires): vampirismi (Finnish), vampirismo [masculine] (Portuguese), vampírstvo [neuter] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-vampirism-en-noun-F54hGdRn Disambiguation of 'practices associated with vampires': 4 8 86 2
  4. (figuratively) Extortion. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-vampirism-en-noun-tTZi2oCn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vampyrism [archaic]

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