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Definitions: VAMPIRISM |
VAMPIRISMNoun1. Fig.: The practice of extortion. 2. The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking. 3. Belief in the existence of vampires. |
Date "VAMPIRISM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1924. (references) |
Etymology: Vampirism \Vam"pir*ism\, noun. [Compare to the French expression vampirisme.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sorcery | Noun: sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy; demonology, demonomy, demonship; diablerie, bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetishism, fetichism, feticism; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism, vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force; electrobiology, clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning. |
Taking | Rapacity, rapaciousness, extortion, vampirism; theft;. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The disease porphyria has been speculatively linked with the vampirism myth, based on a number of superficial resemblances between the symptoms of porphyria and attributes of mythical vampires. However, these claims are generally considered to be false and based on a misunderstanding of the nature of porphyria, and have been abandoned by those who first proposed them.
To some extent contemporary consumers of blood appeal to myths about vampires for legitimacy.
Vampiric legends have abounded throughout history and are sometimes intermixed with legends of cannibalism, although "true vampires" are generally considered to be mythological, certainly a number of people have not only believed in vampires, but believed they they themself were a vampire.
It is sometimes argued that energy may be harvested through not only through blood, but through any number of sources of spiritual or psychological "energy". Vampirism in Popular Culture
The consumption of another's blood has been used as a tactic of warfare intended to terrorize the enemy, it has been used to reflect various spiritual beliefs.Vampirism in mythology
The term generally refers to some sort of "demonic", or otherwise supernatural, practice; which is centered around the drinking of human blood. In vampiric mythology it is sometimes argued that energy may be harvested through not only through blood, but through any number of sources of spiritual or psychological "energy". These mythological vampires need not always be humanoid, but are sometimes bats, dogs, or spiders.Vampirism as a form of spirituality
Some vampirists claim that they are taking energy from another to increase their own energy.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vampirism."
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Screenplays | Vampirism is not a disease, Julia. (House of Dark Shadows; writing credit: Sam Hall; Gordon Russell) | |
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| "VAMPIRISM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "VAMPIRISM" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vampirism | 95 |
psychic vampirism | 5 |
morrowind vampirism | 4 |
real vampire vampirism | 3 |
cure morrowind vampirism | 3 |
real vampirism | 3 |
vampire vampirism | 2 |
symptom vampirism | 2 |
clinical vampirism | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "VAMPIRISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | вярване във вампири, прояви на човек вампир. (various references) | |
Chinese | 勾引. (various references) | |
German | Blutsaugen. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ערפו" (vamp, vamping), ערפ"ות. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vámpírokban való hit, vámpírok vérszívása, vámpírok kegyetlenkedése, kínzásra való hajlam, gyötrésre való hajlam. (various references) | |
Manx | sooderys folley. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ampirismvay.(various references) | |
Turkish | vampirlik, kan emicilik. (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "VAMPIRISM": vampirisms. (additional references) | |
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"VAMPIRISM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: vampirish, vampiros. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "VAMPIRISM" (pronounced 'Vam"pir*ism'): Abolitionism, Absenteeism, Absinthism, Absolutism, Academicism, Academism, Accidentalism, Achromatism, Acosmism, Acrobatism, Acrotism, Actinism, Adiaphorism, AEstheticism, Africanism, Agnosticism, Agonism, Agrarianism, Agriculturism, Albinism, Albinoism, Alcoholism, Alienism, Allodialism, Allomerism, Allomorphism, Allotheism, Alphabetism, Altruism, Amateurism, Americanism, Amorphism, Anabaptism, Anachorism, Anachronism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Analogism, Anamorphism, Anarchism, Anathematism, Anatocism, Anatomism, Anchoretism, Andabatism, Aneurism, Anglicanism, Anglicism, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Saxonism, Anilinism, Animalism, Animism, Anomalism, Antagonism, Antarchism, Anthorism, Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphitism, Anthropophuism, Antichronism, Anticivism, Anti-imperialism, Antinomianism, Antiquarianism, Anti-Semitism, Antitheism, Apheliotropism, Aphetism, Aphorism, Aplanatism, Apogeotropism, Apophlegmatism, Apriorism, Arabism, Aramaism, Archaism, Arianism, Aristocratism, Aristotelianism, Arminianism, Arsenicism, Asceticism, Asiaticism, Associationism, Astaticism, Asteism, Asterism, astigmatism, Asystolism, Atavism, Atheism, Athleticism, Athletism, Atomicism, Atomism, Atropism, Atticism, Attorneyism, Authorism, Autochthonism, Autoecism, Autohypnotism, Automatism, Automobilism, Automorphism, Autotheism, Autotropism, Averroism, Baalism, Babyism, Bacchanalianism, Bachelorism, Bahaism, Bantingism, BAPTISM, Barbarism, Bardism, Bastardism, Bathmism, Baunscheidtism, Beggarism, Benthamism, Biblicism, Bibliophilism, Bibliopolism, Bicyclism, Bilingualism, Biliteralism, Bimastism, Bimetallism, Biomagnetism, Biprism, Bitheism, Blackguardism, Bletonism, Blockheadism, Bluestockingism, Bohemianism, Bonapartism, Boodhism, Bossism, Boswellism, Boulangism, Bourbonism, Boycottism, Boyism, Braggardism, Brahmoism, Branchiomerism, Brigandism, Briticism, Bromism, Bromoiodism, Brutalism, Brutism, Buddhism, Buffoonism, Burkism, Cabalism, Caesarism, Cahenslyism, Calvinism, Cannibalism, Carbonarism, Carnalism, Cartesianism, Casualism, Catadicrotism, Catasterism, Catastrophism, Catechism, Catholicism, Cauterism, Cavalierism, Celticism, Cenobitism, Centonism, Centralism, Cephalism, Cerebralism, Ceremonialism, Cesarism, Chaldaism, Characterism, Charism, Charlatanism, Chartism, Chattelism, Chauvinism, Chemism, Chloralism, Chrism, Christianism, Chromatism, Chromism, Churchism, Ciceronianism, Cicisbeism, Cinchonism, Citicism, Civicism, Civism, Classicalism, Classicism, Clericalism, Cliquism, Cocainism, Cockneyism, Collectivism, Colloquialism, Colonialism, Commatism, Commensalism, Commercialism, Communalism, Communism, Compatriotism, Comtism, Conceptualism, Concettism, Confessionalism, Confucianism, Congregationalism, Congruism, Conservatism, Constitutionalism, Consubstantialism, Contrabandism, Conventionalism, Conversationism, Convictism, Corporealism, Cosmopolitanism, Cosmopolitism, Cosmotheism, creationism, Creticism, Cretinism, Cretism, Criticism, Cubism, Cullyism, Curialism, Cynicism, Cyphonism, Daltonism, Dandyism, Darwinianism, Darwinism, Dashism, Deaf-mutism, Decimalism, Deism, Demagogism, Democratism, Demoniacism, Demonianism, Demonism, Denominationalism, Dentalism, Despotism, Determinism, Devilism, Diabolism, Diageotropism, Diaheliotropism, Dialogism, Diamagnetism, Diathermanism, Dichroism, Dichromatism, Dicrotism, Didacticism, Diglottism, Dilettanteism, Dilettantism, Dimorphism, Dioecism, Diorism, Diplomatism, Dissenterism, Ditheism, Docetism, Doctrinarianism, Dogmatism, Donatism, Donnism, Doricism, Dorism, Doughfaceism, Dowagerism, Druidism, Dualism, Dynamism, Dynamitism, Ebionitism, Ecclesiasticism, Eclecticism, Ectorganism, Egoism, Egomism, Egotheism, Egotism, Eleaticism, Electicism, Electro-magnetism, Electro-vitalism, Elementalism, Embolism, Emotionalism, Empiricism, Encyclopedism, Englishism, Entorganism, Epicureanism, Epicurism, Epilogism, Epipolism, Episcopalianism, Episyllogism, Equestrianism, Erastianism, Eremitism, Erethism, Eroticism, Erythrism, Erythrochroism, Esotericism, Essenism, Etacism, Etherealism, Ethnicism, Euhemerism, Eunuchism, Euphemism, Euphonism, Euphuism, Eutychianism, Evangelicalism, Evangelicism, Evangelism, Evolutionism, Exclusionism, Exclusivism, Exorcism, Exoticism, Experientialism, Externalism, Falsism, Familism, Fanaticism, Fanatism, Fantasticism, Fatalism, Favoritism, Federalism, Fenianism, feudalism, Filibusterism, Fissiparism, Flunlyism, Fogyism, Foreignism, formalism, Fossilism, Fourierism, Frenchism, Frivolism, futurism, Galenism, Gallicanism, Gallicism, Galvanotropism, Gamomorphism, Gargarism, Genevanism, Gentilism, Geomalism, Geophagism, Geotropism, Germanism, Geusdism, Gipsyism, Gladiatorism, Gnosticism, Gongorism, Gonochorism, Gormandism, Gothicism, Grammarianism, Grammaticism, Grangerism, Grecism, Grundyism, Gutturalism, Gynandromorphism, Gypsyism, heathenism, Hebraism. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-i-m-m-p-r-s-v" | |
-2 letters: impairs. | |
-3 letters: impair, misaim, parvis, primas. | |
-4 letters: amirs, imams, impis, maims, mairs, mavis, miasm, pairs, paris, pavis, pimas, prams, prima, primi, prims, prism, ramps, simar, smarm, vairs, vamps. | |
-5 letters: aims, airs, amir, amis, amps, arms, imam, impi, imps, iris, maim, mair, maps, mars, miri, mirs, pair, pams, pars, pias, pima, pram, prim, rami, ramp, rams, raps, rasp, rias, rims, rips, samp, sari, sima, simp, spam, spar, spiv, vair, vamp, vars, vims, visa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-i-m-m-p-r-s-v" | |
+1 letter: vampirisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 41 4D 50 49 52 49 53 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- -- .--. .. .-. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01000001 01001101 01010000 01001001 01010010 01001001 01010011 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V A M P I R I S M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0041 004D 0050 0049 0052 0049 0053 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)563547504352435347 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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