anthropophagy

American  

[an-thruh-pof-uh-jee] / ˌæn θrəˈpɒf ə dʒi /

noun

1. the eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

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Other Word Forms

• anthropophagic adjective
• anthropophagical adjective
• anthropophagous adjective
• anthropophagously adverb

Etymology

Origin of anthropophagy

First recorded in 1600–10; from French anthropophagie, from Late Latin anthrōpophagia, from Greek anthrōpophagía; anthropo-, -phagy

Example Sentences

Controversy over ancient anthropophagy, or cannibalism, has raged in academia for more than a century.

From New York Times

Antropofagia, or anthropophagy in English, refers to the eating of human flesh.

From New York Times

By repurposing anthropophagy as image of cultural voraciousness, the artists in Tarsila’s circle were reclaiming the Brazilian past on new terms.

From Washington Post

M. Gagne, who has already provided the Parisians with amusement for years, in his capacity as a perpetual candidate for parliamentary honours, does not stop at hippophagy; he seriously proposes anthropophagy.

From Project Gutenberg