Cannibalism

//ˈkanɪbəlɪz(ə)m//

Synonyms for "cannibalism" (34 found)

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Translations

62 translations across 37 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἀλληλοφαγία noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • ἀνθρωποφαγία noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մարդակերություն noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Asturian

2 entries
  • antropofaxa noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • canibalismu noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Catalan

2 entries
  • antropofàgia noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • canibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 同類相食 /同类相食 noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • 食人 noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Czech

1 entries
  • kanibalismus noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Danish

1 entries
  • kannibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kannibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kanibalismo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • samspecimanĝado noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Faroese

1 entries
  • mannaát noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kannibalismi noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

French

1 entries
  • cannibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Galician

2 entries
  • antropofaxia noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • canibalismo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

German

1 entries
  • Kannibalismus noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Greek

2 entries
  • ανθρωποφαγία noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • κανιβαλισμός noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kanibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Italian

1 entries
  • cannibalismo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Japanese

3 entries
  • カニバリズム noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • 人食い noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • 共食い noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • адам жегіштік noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Malay

1 entries
  • kanibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Manx

1 entries
  • canniblaght noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kannibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kannibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Occitan

2 entries
  • antropofagia noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • canibalisme noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Persian

2 entries
  • آدمخواری noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • همنوعخواری noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Polish

3 entries
  • antropofagia noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • kanibalizm noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • ludożerstwo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • antropofagia noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • canibalismo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Romanian

1 entries
  • canibalism noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Russian

2 entries
  • каннибали́зм noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • людое́дство noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kanibalìzam noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • ljudòždērstvo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • канибалѝзам noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • људо̀жде̄рство noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Slovak

4 entries
  • antropofágia noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • kanibalizmus noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • ľudojedstvo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • ľudožrútstvo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Spanish

2 entries
  • antropofagia noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • canibalismo noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kannibalism noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Telugu

2 entries
  • నరమాంస భక్షణ noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • స్వజాతి భక్షణ noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yamyamlık noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • канібалі́зм noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • людоже́рство noun (act of eating another of one's own species)
  • людої́дство noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • ăn thịt đồng loại noun (act of eating another of one's own species)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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First the immigrants, then you. Our solidarity - the answer to social cannibalism.

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First the immigrants, then you. Our solidarity is the answer to social cannibalism.

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First the immigrants, next you. Our solidarity - the answer to social cannibalism.

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First the emigrants, then you. Solidarity is our response to social cannibalism.

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