anthropophagy

[ an-thruh-pof-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

Other Words From

• an·thro·po·phag·ic [an-thr, uh, -p, uh, -, faj, -ik, -, fey, -jik], an·thro·po·phag·i·cal an·thro·poph·a·gous [an-thr, uh, -, pof, -, uh, -g, uh, s], adjective
• anthro·poph·a·gous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthropophagy¹

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

Example Sentences

Surely it thematizes globalization and post-colonial cultural collisions, with a nod to neoconcrete anthropophagy?

From The Daily Beast

Anthropophagy springs from different causes, and clothes itself in various forms.

From Project Gutenberg

Anthropophagy is not at all a prevalent custom among primitive tribes, as is generally believed.

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As a fact, anthropophagy is certainly a decadent thing, not a primitive one.

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To eat a creature which had become the peer of man in blood-guiltiness and in judicial punishment, would savour of anthropophagy.

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These ideas, therefore, also probably represent the origin of anthropophagy.

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