anthropophagy

[ an-thruh-pof-uh-jee ]
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noun
  1. the eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

Origin of anthropophagy

1
First recorded in 1600–10; from French anthropophagie, from Late Latin anthrōpophagia, from Greek anthrōpophagía; see anthropo-, -phagy

Other words from anthropophagy

  • an·thro·po·phag·ic [an-thruh-puh-faj-ik, -fey-jik], /ˌæn θrə pəˈfædʒ ɪk, -ˈfeɪ dʒɪk/, an·thro·po·phag·i·cal, an·thro·poph·a·gous [an-thruh-pof-uh-guhs], /ˌæn θrəˈpɒf ə gəs/, adjective
  • an·thro·poph·a·gous·ly, adverb

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