anthropophagism

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• anthropophagy — noun The eating of human flesh; cannibalism. See Also: anthropophagic, anthropophagism, anthropophagist, anthropophagous …   Wiktionary

• anthropophagy — (n.) cannibalism, 1630s, from Fr. anthropophagie, from Gk. anthropophagia an eating of men, from anthropophagos man eating; a man eater, from ANTHROPO (Cf. anthropo ) + stem of phagein to eat (see PHAGOUS (Cf. phagous)). Related: Anthropophagic; …   Etymology dictionary