vampirism
noun
vam·​pir·​ism
| \ ˈvam-ˌpī(-ə)r-ˌi-zəm
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Now, McKay doesn’t really build this thread visually in the way Oliver Stone did with vampirism in Nixon. — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, "Vice doesn’t want to humanize Dick Cheney. So instead, it (maybe) demonizes America.," 21 Dec. 2018 There’s a really powerful category of recent films about teenage girls coming of age through cannibalism, vampirism, or other body-mutating horrors. — Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, "New trailers: Detective Pikachu, Toy Story 4, and more," 17 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vampirism.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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vampirism
noun
vam·​pir·​ism
| \ -ˌpī(ə)r-ˌiz-əm
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Medical Definition of vampirism
: a sexual perversion in which gratification is obtained by the drawing of blood