Cannibalism Meaning
/ˈkanɪbəlɪz(ə)m/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of eating another of one's own species.
nounAn act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
Sentence Examples
First the immigrants, then you. Our solidarity - the answer to social cannibalism.
First the immigrants, then you. Our solidarity is the answer to social cannibalism.
Eating animals is not that different from anthropophagy or cannibalism.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The stranded survivors resorted to ____ only when all food sources were exhausted.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Historical accounts mention ____ during the times of extreme famine city.
Word Origin & History
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 *-íďďō 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The stranded survivors resorted to ____ only when all food sources were exhausted.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Historical accounts mention ____ during the times of extreme famine city.