meateating
meateating is the alternative form of meat-eating.
Meaning of meat-eating
Adjective
meat-eating (not comparable)
- That eats meat; carnivorous.
- Once again, we see the anthropological bias against women (perhaps related to the fact that meat-eating Europeans and Americans cannot take grains seriously as a source of complete nourishment and so feel a need to stress meat eating and hunting).1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 137
Forms of meateating
| comparative | more meateating |
|---|---|
| superlative | most meateating |
Origin of meateating
From meat + eating.
Questions about meateating
- What is meateating the alternative form of?
- Meateating is the alternative form of meat-eating.
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