Dictionary

anthropophagy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.d͡ʒi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From anthropo- + -phagy.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The act or practice of eating human flesh, especially in the context of human cannibalism
   • Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […] 2013, RJ Parker, Peter Vronsky, Michael Newton, Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014, volume I, page 29:

Forms

Deriveds

anthropophagize

Relateds

anthropophagist · anthropophagism · anthropophagic · anthropophagous

Translations (17)

pl ludożerstwo (consumption of human flesh) · fr anthropophagie (consumption of human flesh) · id antropofagi (consumption of human flesh) · eo hommanĝado (consumption of human flesh) · ms antropofagi (consumption of human flesh) · ja 食人 (consumption of human flesh) · de Anthropophagie (consumption of human flesh) · pl antropofagia (consumption of human flesh) · tr antropofaji (consumption of human flesh) · gl antropofaxia (consumption of human flesh) · it antropofagia (consumption of human flesh) · fi ihmissyönti (consumption of human flesh) · tr insan yamyamlığı (consumption of human flesh) · fi antropofagia (consumption of human flesh) · eo antropofagio (consumption of human flesh) · pt antropofagia (consumption of human flesh) · sk antropofágia (consumption of human flesh)