Cannibalism
['kænɪbəlɪzəm] or ['kænəbl,ɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind.
Edited by Constantine--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
Editor: Rosalie
Examples
- It would have been as revolting to him as is cannibalism to us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Their religion was a primitive, complex, and cruel system, in which human sacrifices and ceremonial cannibalism played a large part. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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