cannibalism

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) The act of eating another of one's own species.
2. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
3. (uncountable, usually) In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same.

Synonyms

anthropophagy

biting

man-eating

mutual destruction

internecine struggle

eating each other

damaging each other

feeding behaviour

feeding habits

food habits

exophagy

endophagy

androphagy

wetiko

Translations

cannibalismo

cannibalisme

Kannibalismus

canibalismo

ανθρωποφαγία

canibalisme

κανιβαλισμός

antropofagia

anthropophagie

canibalismo

antropofagia

antropofàgia

kannibalisme

Menschenfresserei

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkanɪbəlɪz(ə)m/

Etymology

From cannibal + -ism.