Meat-eating

adj

adj ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That eats meat; carnivorous. not-comparable

    "Once again, we see the anthropological bias against women (perhaps related to the fact that meat-eating Europeans and Americans cannot take grains seriously as a source of complete nourishment and so feel a need to stress meat eating and hunting)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of animals) carnivorous wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
cannibalcarnivorouscommensaldieteticdiningeating

Example

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"These silly Westerners get all up in arms about Asians eating dogs, but ridicule those who criticize meat-eating in general."

Etymology

Compound of meat + eating.

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