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anthropophagy

  • /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.d͡ʒi/

noun anthropophagies

  1. uncountable, usually The act or practice of eating human flesh, especially in the context of human cannibalism Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […]

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noun consumption of human flesh

日本語食人 shokujin
Portuguêsantropofagia
Françaisanthropophagie
DeutschAnthropophagie
Italianoantropofagia

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@misc{anthropophagy_2026,
  title = {anthropophagy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anthropophagy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}