Cannibalism (redirected from Canibal)

can·ni·bal  (kn-bl)

n.

1. A person who eats the flesh of other humans.

2. An animal that feeds on others of its own kind.

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[From Spanish Caníbalis, name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus) of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from earlier Carib karibna, person, Carib.]

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canni·bal·ism n.

canni·bal·istic adj.

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cannibalism [ˈkænɪbəˌlɪzəm]

n

1. the act of eating human flesh or the flesh of one's own kind

2. savage and inhuman cruelty

cannibalistic  adj

cannibalistically  adv

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Cannibalism

androphagy

the consumption of human flesh; cannibalism. — androphagous, adj.

anthropophagism, anthropophagy

the consumption of human flesh; cannibalism. — anthropophagous, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cannibalism - the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind practice, pattern - a customary way of operation or behavior; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" anthropophagy - human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh

Translations

cannibalism [ˈkænɪbəlɪzəm] N → canibalismo m

cannibalism [ˈkænɪbəlɪzəm] n → cannibalisme m, anthropophagie f

cannibalism

n (of people) → Kannibalismus m, → Menschenfresserei f

cannibalism [ˈkænɪb/əlɪz/əm] n → cannibalismo