Cannibalism

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The eating of human flesh by human beings.
  • noun. Hence The eating of any animal by another individual of the same species.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
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  • noun. The act of eating another of one's own species.
  • noun. In speech, the occurrence of one word "eating" part or all of the next word, because the syllables ar the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".
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  • noun. the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind
    • Word Usage
    "Now they are imprisoned in the coal, and cannibalism is what must occur among them."
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    pattern  practice  
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    anthropophagy  
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    adultery  bestiality  bigamy  bloodshed  castration  
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    barbarity  
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