Dictionary

cannibalism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkanɪbəlɪz(ə)m/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Cariban *kariponader. Spanish caribeder. Spanish caríbalder. Spanish caníbalbor. English cannibal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English cannibalism From cannibal + -ism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The act of eating another of one's own species.
   • HuFu and was promoting it as “the healthy human flesh alternative!” Mark Nuckols, inventor of HuFu, says, “I have to admit that I myself have never sampled human flesh. . . . However, I've done quite a bit of research on the history and anthropology of cannibalism and read enough accounts to have come up with a fairly good approximation” 2022 August 23, Deborah L. Nichols, Patricia L. Crown, “9 Devouring Ourselves George J Armelagos”, in Social Violence in the Prehispanic American Southwest, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 218:
   • Cannibalism does not openly figure amongst aboriginal misdeeds, but in the northern part of Queensland it is no uncommon vice. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 31:
   • Evidence for cannibalism abounds - even if circumstantial - both from the modern world and throughout history, but academic anthropology has found itself in a funk of denial. […] Considered globally, cannibalism should be less a moral issue than one of custom. I like Marmite, but then I have been raised on the stuff. 2000 September 7, Henry Gee, “Eating people - is it bad taste?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 May 2014:
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.

Forms

Hyponyms

sexual cannibalism · exocannibalism · autocannibalism · endocannibalism · hypercannibalism

Relateds

kuru · anticannibalism · mad cow disease · prion · cannibalistic · galactic cannibalism · anthropophagy · cannibal

Translations (62)

cmn 食人 (act of eating another of one's own species) · sk kanibalizmus (act of eating another of one's own species) · cmn 同類相食 /同类相食 (act of eating another of one's own species) · fr cannibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · eo kanibalismo (act of eating another of one's own species) · gl antropofaxia (act of eating another of one's own species) · el ανθρωποφαγία (act of eating another of one's own species) · pl kanibalizm (act of eating another of one's own species) · da kannibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · hy մարդակերություն (act of eating another of one's own species) · grc ἀλληλοφαγία (act of eating another of one's own species) · nn kannibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · pl ludożerstwo (act of eating another of one's own species) · eo samspecimanĝado (act of eating another of one's own species) · sv kannibalism (act of eating another of one's own species) · ast antropofaxa (act of eating another of one's own species) · sh канибалѝзам (act of eating another of one's own species) · oc antropofagia (act of eating another of one's own species) · id kanibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · te స్వజాతి భక్షణ (act of eating another of one's own species) · uk канібалі́зм (act of eating another of one's own species) · ast canibalismu (act of eating another of one's own species) · te నరమాంస భక్షణ (act of eating another of one's own species) · fo mannaát (act of eating another of one's own species) · ro canibalism (act of eating another of one's own species) · tr yamyamlık (act of eating another of one's own species) · sh ljudòždērstvo (act of eating another of one's own species) · ms kanibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · nl kannibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · ca canibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · ru людое́дство (act of eating another of one's own species) · pl antropofagia (act of eating another of one's own species) · de Kannibalismus (act of eating another of one's own species) · sh људо̀жде̄рство (act of eating another of one's own species) · kk адам жегіштік (act of eating another of one's own species) · it cannibalismo (act of eating another of one's own species) · sh kanibalìzam (act of eating another of one's own species) · es canibalismo (act of eating another of one's own species) · sk antropofágia (act of eating another of one's own species) · grc ἀνθρωποφαγία (act of eating another of one's own species) · ca antropofàgia (act of eating another of one's own species) · fa آدمخواری (act of eating another of one's own species) · es antropofagia (act of eating another of one's own species) · sk ľudožrútstvo (act of eating another of one's own species) · ja 共食い (act of eating another of one's own species) · nb kannibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · ru каннибали́зм (act of eating another of one's own species) · sk ľudojedstvo (act of eating another of one's own species) · gv canniblaght (act of eating another of one's own species) · fi kannibalismi (act of eating another of one's own species) · uk людоже́рство (act of eating another of one's own species) · ja 人食い (act of eating another of one's own species) · oc canibalisme (act of eating another of one's own species) · el κανιβαλισμός (act of eating another of one's own species) · pt antropofagia (act of eating another of one's own species) · gl canibalismo (act of eating another of one's own species) · cs kanibalismus (act of eating another of one's own species) · ja カニバリズム (act of eating another of one's own species) · fa همنوعخواری (act of eating another of one's own species) · uk людої́дство (act of eating another of one's own species) · vi ăn thịt đồng loại (act of eating another of one's own species) · pt canibalismo (act of eating another of one's own species)