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Cannibalism

//ˈkanɪbəlɪz(ə)m// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of eating another of one's own species. uncountable, usually

    "Cannibalism does not openly figure amongst aboriginal misdeeds, but in the northern part of Queensland it is no uncommon vice."

  2. 2
    the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind wordnet
  3. 3
    An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind. figuratively, uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From cannibal + -ism.

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