zombitude en · NOUN
Etymology
Possibly from French zombitude, or independently from zombie + -itude. Compare jerkitude, punkitude. Attested in English from the 20th century; see quotations below.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being, resembling, or acting like a zombie.
What Ralph Lauren presents as scenes of plenitude Barney exposes as scenes of zombitude.
1991 November, Rhonda Lieberman, “Tina Barney: Janet Borden, Inc”, in Artforum International, volume 30, number 3, page 136:But in my experience, there is no such thing as mild when it comes to this drug. […] The it that produces zombie natter and zombie love, zombie argumentation and zombie play, […] Sticking your head through the chain-link fence zombitude to get at some.
2014, Joseph Di Prisco, Subway to California, page 197:A rambling depiction of a junkie’s descent into zombitude, A Scanner Darkly is set in the near future, but it clearly belongs to the overheated, drug-drenched ’70s, when supernal sci-fi author Philip K. Dick wrote this tale of narcs, paranoia and dire conspiracies.
2006 July 14, David Hiltbrand, “Futuristic twist on a drug addict's spiral downward”, in Philadelphia Inquirer, page W4:The beauty of this side plot is that it’s true to Charlotte’s character. Austen drew her so completely that we know she would bear her zombitude with quiet grace.
2009 April 18, Monica Hesse, “Pride, prejudice and zombies: Jane Austen updated”, in Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ontario, page D20: