vampirization

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noun

The act of turning someone into a vampire.

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Meanings

nounvampirization (countable and uncountable, plural vampirizations)

plural vampirizations · alternative vampirisation

  1. countableuncountableThe act of turning someone into a vampire.
  2. countableuncountableVampiric behaviour; the predatory draining of blood or (figurative) energy etc.

    Nowhere is Rice's revision of these gender politics more evident than in the scenes surrounding the vampirization of Claudia, the orphan child.

    1996, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Gothic World of Anne Rice, page 98

Origin

From vampirize + -ation.

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Translations

Esperanto vampirigo
  • vampirigothe act of turning someone into a vampire
French vampirisation
  • vampirisationthe act of turning someone into a vampire
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APA

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Chicago

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