can·ni·bal (k n  -bl)n. 1. A person who eats the flesh of other humans. 2. An animal that feeds on others of its own kind. [From Spanish Caníbalis, name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus) of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from earlier Carib karibna, person, Carib.] can ni·bal·ism n.can  ni·bal·istic adj. |
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
Cannibalism
the consumption of human flesh; cannibalism. — androphagous, adj.
the consumption of human flesh; cannibalism. — anthropophagous, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  cannibalism - the practice of eating the flesh of your own kindpractice, 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 |
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