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kannibalism

kannibalism is the misspelling of cannibalism.

Meaning of cannibalism

Noun

cannibalism (usually uncountable, plural cannibalisms)

  1. (usually) The act of eating another of one's own species.
    • Cannibalism does not openly figure amongst aboriginal misdeeds, but in the northern part of Queensland it is no uncommon vice.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 31
  2. (figuratively, usually) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
  3. (usually) In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same.

Origin of kannibalism

From Dutch kannibalisme or German Kannibalismus.

Questions about kannibalism

What is kannibalism the misspelling of?
Kannibalism is the misspelling of cannibalism.

Words near kannibalism in the dictionary

  1. Kannenbergs
  2. Kanner
  3. Kanner syndrome
  4. Kanner's syndrome
  5. Kannes
  6. kannibalism
  7. Kannigilla
  8. kannizzati
  9. Kanno
  10. Kannon
  11. Kannos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kannibalism (page history and authors); cannibalism (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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