Zombiedom

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The condition of being a reanimated corpse or a mindless, lifeless creature ; the imagined realm or world where such undead creatures dwell ; dull, mindless conformity or an unthinking, robotic routine
2. The state of having become an undead, lifeless being ; the supposed land or domain where the undead roam ; a dreary, automatic conformity to routine without thought or feeling
3. Existence as an undead, brain-dead creature ; the fabled territory inhabited by the reanimated dead ; mindless, drone-like conformity or a lifeless, unthinking way of living

Etymology: "Zombiedom" is a plain compound: "zombie" with the suffix "-dom," which English has attached to nouns since Old English to name a state, condition, or domain, as in "kingdom," "freedom," and "martyrdom." Adding it to "zombie" produces a noun for the condition of being a zombie, and the meaning given here, a lifeless, mindless existence, follows directly from that combination. The base word "zombie" has its own history. It comes from a West African language of the Kongo region, where a related term refers to a spirit or fetish, and it reached English through Caribbean and American usage, where it was tied to the reanimated dead of Haitian Vodou folklore. From there it drifted into the sense of a person who seems dull, listless, or automatically going through the motions, and that looser sense is what "zombiedom" builds on.

Synonyms: zombiehood