cannibalism
noun/ˈkænɪbəlɪzəm/
Frequency rank: #12,862 most common English word
Meaning
the practice of humans eating the flesh of other humans (or animals eating their own kind).
Example sentence
The shipwrecked survivors resorted to cannibalism after running out of food for several weeks.
Synonyms & related words
- anthropophagy
- man-eating
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