Meaning of vampiroid | Babel Free

Definitions

A person who emulates the imagined lifestyle of a vampire, generally as part of a subculture or alternative lifestyle.

Examples

“His estimate⟳ of the number⟳ of vampiroids — people who think⟳ they are vampires, or have⟳ similar characteristics — is less precise, but he reckons there are between 10,000 and 20,000 resident in North America […]”

“A vampiroid is a human who embraces and identifies with what he or she assumes is a vampiristic lifestyle based largely on what is depicted in films and literature. Vampiroids become⟳ totally seduced by the vampire mythology […]”

“Despite the high proportion of relatively harmless vampiroids that exist⟳, there are those that portray psychotic behaviour and will go to great extremes to carry⟳ out their beliefs.”

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