zombie spirit
- noun
- /ˈzɑːm.bi ˈspɪr.ɪt/
- Literature
- In the story, a zombie spirit possesses the body and forces it to roam the night.
Examples
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The priest claimed he could call forth a zombie spirit during the ritual.
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Some believers attribute unexplained deaths to the work of a zombie spirit.
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The zombie spirit is said to possess the body of the deceased.
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Many believe that a zombie spirit can be summoned during rituals.
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In voodoo folklore, a zombie spirit is thought to rise from the dead and inhabit a lifeless body.
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Some practitioners believe that a zombie spirit can be summoned to fulfill the wishes of the living.
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During the ceremony, the shaman called upon a zombie spirit to help heal the community.
Synonyms
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A dead body brought back to life by magic that walks and attacks people
A spirit in voodoo that makes a dead body come back to life
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'zombie' (a reanimated corpse) combined with 'spirit' (an incorporeal being) yields a spirit associated with reanimation. This straightforward noun-noun combination follows normal English compounding patterns and a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun zombie spirit comes from West African and Caribbean beliefs, where the word zombie originally meant a spirit that could come back and take control of a dead body. So, zombie spirit today means a 'supernatural force' that makes a dead body move.