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cannibalism

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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.
[From Spanish Caníbalis, name (as recorded by Christopher Columbus) of the allegedly cannibalistic Caribs of Cuba and Haiti, from earlier Carib karibna, person, Carib.]
canni·bal·ism n.
canni·bal·istic adj.
Cannibalism
androphagy
the consumption of human flesh; cannibalism. — androphagous, adj.
anthropophagism, anthropophagy
the consumption of human flesh; cannibalism. — anthropophagous, adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cannibalismcannibalism - 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
cannibalism [ˈkænɪbəlɪzəm] n → cannibalisme m, anthropophagie f
cannibalism [ˈkænɪbəlɪzəm] cannibal n → Kannibalismus m
cannibalism [ˈkænɪbəlɪzəm] n → cannibalismo


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Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea; all whose creatures prey upon each other, carrying on eternal war since the world began.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
But here, Truth, who loves to be centrally located, is again found between the two extremes; for cannibalism to a certain moderate extent is practised among several of the primitive tribes in the Pacific, but it is upon the bodies of slain enemies alone, and horrible and fearful as the custom is, immeasurably as it is to be abhorred and condemned, still I assert that those who indulge in it are in other respects humane and virtuous.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
I never saw a nicer or more merry group; and to think that this was in the centre of the land of cannibalism, murder, and all atrocious crimes
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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