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zombification, n. Brit. |ˌzɒmbɪfɪˈkeɪʃn|, U.S. |ˌzɑmbəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n| Forms: 19– zombiefication, 19– zombification [‹ zombify v. (see -fication suffix). Compare slightly earlier zombified adj.] The process of becoming a zombie. Chiefly in extended use (cf. zombie n. 2, zombify v.).
1968Time 29 Mar. 91/2 The progress of the play is really the gradual zombification of Morley as physical debility betokens his psychic decay. 1991Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 104467 A recent investigation tried to explain zombification by modern pharmacology. 1999Interzone June 36/2 Half-a-dozen misfits and outsiders, who..manage to assert their individuality sufficiently to evade the zombification of their entire peer group. |