Vampiredom

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The world or territory inhabited by vampires ; the condition of being a vampire ; the whole community of vampires taken together
2. A supernatural realm where vampires dwell ; the state of existing as a bloodsucking undead creature ; the entire body of vampires as a group
3. The domain ruled by the undead bloodsuckers ; the status or nature of a vampire ; all vampires considered collectively as one society

Etymology: "Vampiredom" is a plain formation: the noun "vampire" with the suffix "-dom," which English has long attached to nouns to name a state, realm, or collective of the thing named, as in "kingdom" or "martyrdom." Adding "-dom" to "vampire" yields a word for the whole world of vampires, or the condition of being one. The suffix itself comes from Old English "dom," meaning judgment, law, or power, and it survives in words such as "freedom" and "wisdom," where it still carries that sense of a state or domain. Its use with a creature noun like "vampire" is a modern playful extension of this older pattern rather than a centuries-old inheritance, so the word belongs to the same family as "geekdom" and "fandom" in spirit. The word therefore needs no special history: it is a transparent coinage built from two well-established English parts, and its meaning follows directly from the suffix's sense of a domain.

Synonyms: vampirism