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Zombie

A zombie (Haitian French: zombi; Haitian Creole: zonbi; Kikongo: zumbi) is a legendary undead being created through the reanimation of a cadaver, a corporeal manifestation of the revenant type. In modern popular culture, zombies often appear in horror genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, in which a zombie is a dead body reanimated through…

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related to Literature · 29
Zombie → Book, Boston, British Regency, Brooks, Cell, Craig Spector, Dead, Featuring Romero-inspired, Home Delivery, Horror, In, Jane Austen's Pride, John Skipp, Katy Hershbereger, Maine, Martin's Press, Max Brooks's, New York Times, Other, Prejudice
related to Games · 24
Zombie → Advanced Dungeons, Ben Woodard, Capcom's Resident Evil, Dead, Dead's, Dragons, Edition, George, House, However, In, In Dungeons, Ju-ju, Resident Evil, Resident Evil's, Romero, Sea Zombie, Sega's The House, The, The Yellow Musk Creeper
related to Film and television · 19
Zombie → Bob Hope's The Ghost, Breakers, Caribbean, Films, For, George Marshall, Jacques Tourneur, James Bond, Jonny Quest, Let Die, Live, Living Dead, Romero's Night, Today, Victor Halperin, Voodoo-related, Walked, White Zombie, With George
related to Anime and manga · 14
Zombie → Am, Anime News Network's Jason, Biomega, During, Great Zombie Manga, Hero, In, Is This, Living Corpse, Sankarea, There, Thompson, Undying Love, Zed
related to Theoretical academic studies · 14
Zombie → Adam Chodorow, Arizona State University, Forbes, Law, Neuroscientists Bradley Voytek, New York Magazine, One, Researchers, Sandra Day O'Connor College, The, Their, This, Timothy Verstynen, United States
related to Preparedness · 13
Zombie → CDC, CONPLAN, Defense, Department, Disease Control, In, May, On, Preparedness, Prevention, The CDC, United States' Centers, Zombie Apocalypse
related to Artworks · 10
Zombie → Art Moving Projects, Artist Jillian McDonald, Artist Karim Charredib, Brooklyn, Horror Make-Up, In, September, Them, Villa Savoye, Williamsburg
related to Historical influences · 10
Zombie → Descent, Epic, Fonseca, Gilgamesh, In, Ishtar, Mesopotamia, Pulliam, She, Walz
related to Music · 10
Zombie → Congress' National Film Registry, Flatbush Zombies, Library, LSD, Many, Mexico City, Michael Jackson's, The Brooklyn, They, Thriller
related to Etymology · 9
Zombie → French, French Creole, Haitian Creole, Haitian French, In Haitian, Kimbundu, Kongo, The, The Oxford English Dictionary

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zombies dead films living film also undead games popular video resident evil haitian series horror later human early culture modern

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Zombieis adead body reanimated through magic by a bokor sorcerer0.90text
Zombieis atemporary spiritual entity.The two types of zombie reflect soul dualism0.90text
Zombieis acommon type of undead creature0.90text
fungiinstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text
radiationinstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text
gasesinstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text
infectioninstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text
diseasesinstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text
plantsinstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text
bacteriainstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text
virusesinstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text
etc.The English word zombie was first recorded in the 18th centuryinstance ofModern media depictions of the reanimation of the dead often do not involve magic but rather science fictional methods0.80text

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