cannibalism
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cannibalism
- /ˈkanɪbəlɪz(ə)m/
noun cannibalisms
- The act of eating another of one's own species. Cannibalism does not openly figure amongst aboriginal misdeeds, but in the northern part of Queensland it is no uncommon vice.
- An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
- The salvaging of parts from one thing, such as a machine, for use in another.
- In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cannibal, barbarism, barbaric, cannibality, autocannibalism, anthropophagy, endocannibalism, exocannibalism, hypercannibalism, exophagy, endophagy, embryophagy, autosarcophagy, oophagy, autophagy, saprophagy
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noun act of eating another of one's own species
| Español | antropofagia, canibalismo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | カニバリズム kanibarizumu, 共食い tomogui, 人食い hitokui |
| 中文 | 同類相食 /同类相食 tónglèi xiāngshí, 食人 shírén |
| Português | antropofagia, canibalismo |
| Français | cannibalisme |
| Deutsch | Kannibalismus |
| Italiano | cannibalismo |
| Ελληνικά | κανιβαλισμός kanivalismós, ανθρωποφαγία anthropofagía |
| Română | canibalism |
| Русский | каннибали́зм kannibalízm, людое́дство ljudojédstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | ăn thịt đồng loại |
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title = {cannibalism},
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