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anthropophagy

/ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.d͡ʒi/

anthropophagy noun: the act or practice of eating human flesh, especially in the context of human cannibalism.

Noun

anthropophagy (usually uncountable, plural anthropophagies)

  1. (usually) The act or practice of eating human flesh, especially in the context of human cannibalism
    • Other paraphilias are more blatantly transgressive and usually illegal: amokoscisia (desire to slash or mutilate females); anthropophagy (cannibalism); anthropophagolagnia (rape accompanied by cannibalism); […]2013, RJ Parker, Peter Vronsky, Michael Newton, Serial Killers True Crime Anthology 2014, volume I, page 29

anthropophagy meaning in Urdu, Malay and Indonesian

anthropophagy in Urdu

آدَم خوری, مردم خوری

anthropophagy in Malay

consumption of human flesh
antropofagi

anthropophagy in Indonesian

consumption of human flesh
antropofagi

Forms of anthropophagy

pluralanthropophagies

Origin of anthropophagy

From anthropo- + -phagy.

Words formed from anthropophagy

Questions about anthropophagy

What does anthropophagy mean?
Anthropophagy means the act or practice of eating human flesh, especially in the context of human cannibalism.
What is anthropophagy in Urdu?
Anthropophagy in Urdu is آدَم خوری, مردم خوری. See Anthropophagy meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is anthropophagy?
Anthropophagy is a noun.
How do you pronounce anthropophagy?
Anthropophagy is pronounced /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.d͡ʒi/.
What is the plural of anthropophagy?
The plural of anthropophagy is anthropophagies.

Words near anthropophagy in the dictionary

  1. anthropophagizing
  2. anthropophagolagnia
  3. anthropophagous
  4. anthropophagously
  5. anthropophagus
  6. anthropophagy
  7. anthropophilia
  8. anthropophilic
  9. anthropophilous
  10. anthropophily
  11. anthropophobe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthropophagy (page history and authors); anthropophagy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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