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单词 anthropophagy
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Definition of anthropophagy in English:

anthropophagy

noun ˌanθrəˈpɒfədʒiˌænθrəˈpɑfədʒi
mass noun
  • The eating of human flesh by human beings.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To this end, the basic taxonomy of cannibalism will first be explained, along with a brief history of anthropophagy in the cultural imagination.
    • The residents of this lush, tropical paradise vehemently denied they had returned to anthropophagy, until the term was explained to them.
    • This grisly practice is called anthropophagy, and it's not exactly very popular.
    • Early Christians were accused of anthropophagy and sexual abandon long before they did the same to their opponents.

Derivatives

  • anthropophagous

  • adjective ˌanθrəˈpɒfəɡəsˌænθrəˈpɑfəɡəs
    • This anthropophagous king will haunt our children's imaginations.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The giant clam is not anthropophagous, nor indeed carnivorous.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek anthrōpophagia, from anthrōpophagos (see anthropophagus).

 
 

Definition of anthropophagy in US English:

anthropophagy

nounˌanTHrəˈpäfəjēˌænθrəˈpɑfədʒi
  • The eating of human flesh by human beings.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This grisly practice is called anthropophagy, and it's not exactly very popular.
    • To this end, the basic taxonomy of cannibalism will first be explained, along with a brief history of anthropophagy in the cultural imagination.
    • The residents of this lush, tropical paradise vehemently denied they had returned to anthropophagy, until the term was explained to them.
    • Early Christians were accused of anthropophagy and sexual abandon long before they did the same to their opponents.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Greek anthrōpophagia, from anthrōpophagos (see anthropophagus).

 
 
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