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Webster 1913 Edition
Cannibalism
Can′ni-bal-ism
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
cannibalisme
.] The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
Berke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cannibalism
CANNIBALISM
,Noun.
1.
The act or practice of eating human flesh, by mankind.2.
Murderous cruelty; barbarity.Definition 2024
cannibalism
cannibalism
English
Noun
cannibalism (usually uncountable, plural cannibalisms)
- The act of eating another of one's own species.
- (figuratively) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
- In speech, the occurrence of one word "eating" part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".
Translations
act of eating another of one's own species
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