anthropophagy

English

Etymology

From anthropo- +‎ -phagy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌæn.θɹəˈpɒ.fə.d͡ʒi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

anthropophagy (usually uncountable, plural anthropophagies)

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

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