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anthropophagy

[ an-thruh-pof-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. the eating of human flesh; cannibalism.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹²Ô·³Ù³ó°ù´Ç·±è´Ç·±è³ó²¹²µÂ·¾±³¦ [an-thr, uh, -p, uh, -, faj, -ik, -, fey, -jik], ²¹²Ô·³Ù³ó°ù´Ç·±è´Ç·±è³ó²¹²µÂ·¾±Â·³¦²¹±ô ²¹²Ô·³Ù³ó°ù´Ç·±è´Ç±è³ó·²¹Â·²µ´Ç³Ü²õ [an-thr, uh, -, pof, -, uh, -g, uh, s], adjective
  • ²¹²Ôt³ó°ù´Ç·±è´Ç±è³ó·²¹Â·²µ´Ç³Ü²õ·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of anthropophagy1

First recorded in 1600–10; from French anthropophagie, from Late Latin ²¹²Ô³Ù³ó°ùűè´Ç±è³ó²¹²µ¾±²¹, from Greek ²¹²Ô³Ù³ó°ùűè´Ç±è³ó²¹²µÃ­²¹; anthropo-, -phagy
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Example Sentences

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Their first act of anthropophagy was basically an accident.

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Controversy over ancient anthropophagy, or cannibalism, has raged in academia for more than a century.

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Antropofagia, or anthropophagy in English, refers to the eating of human flesh.

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By repurposing anthropophagy as image of cultural voraciousness, the artists in Tarsila’s circle were reclaiming the Brazilian past on new terms.

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Cannibalism is when you kill someone, so technically this is what is known as anthropophagy.

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