anthropophagy

American

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

noun

the eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

anthropophagical

adjective
anthropophagous

adjective
anthropophagic

adjective
anthropophagously

adverb

Etymology

Origin of anthropophagy

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

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