Anthropophagy

//ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.d͡ʒi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or practice of eating human flesh, especially in the context of human cannibalism uncountable, usually

    "Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […]"

  2. 2
    human cannibalism; the eating of human flesh wordnet

Synonyms

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anthropophagismcannibalism

Example

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"Eating animals is not that different from anthropophagy or cannibalism."

Etymology

From anthropo- + -phagy.

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