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cannibalisation

cannibalisation is the alternative form of cannibalization.

Meaning of cannibalization

Noun

cannibalization (plural cannibalizations)

  1. the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food
  2. adapting, borrowing or stealing plots, characters, themes or ideas from one story for use in another or from one medium to another
  3. a reduction in sales volume, sales revenue, or market share of one product when the same company introduces a new product
  4. the practice of removing parts or subsystems necessary for repair from another similar device

Forms of cannibalisation

pluralcannibalisations

Questions about cannibalisation

What is cannibalisation the alternative form of?
Cannibalisation is the alternative form of cannibalization.

Words near cannibalisation in the dictionary

  1. cannibal boat
  2. cannibal boats
  3. cannibal sandwich
  4. cannibal sandwiches
  5. cannibalic
  6. cannibalisation
  7. cannibalisations
  8. cannibalise
  9. cannibalised
  10. cannibalises
  11. cannibalish

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: cannibalisation (page history and authors); cannibalization (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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