Home › Words › V › vampirizationvampirizationvampirization means the act of turning someone into a vampire.EtymologyFrom vampirize + -ation.nounThe act of turning someone into a vampire.Vampiric behaviour; the predatory draining of blood or (figurative) energy etc.e.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.vampirize 85% match — To make into a vampire. vs vampirization →vampicide 72% match — The act of killing a vampire. vs vampirization →vampirehood 70% match — The state of being a vampire. vs vampirization →vampireyness 68% match — The state or quality of being vampirey. vs vampirization →vampishness 65% match — The quality of being vampish. vs vampirization →vampiristic 64% match — Relating to, or characteristic of, a vampire. vs vampirization →autovampirism 64% match — The drinking of one's own blood. vs vampirization →vampirically 64% match — In a vampiric fashion. vs vampirization →