"cannibalism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

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Etymology: cannibal + -ism Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cannibal|ism}} cannibal + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} cannibalism (usually uncountable, plural cannibalisms)
  1. The act of eating another of one's own species. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Diets Translations (act of eating another of one's own species): ἀνθρωποφαγία (anthrōpophagía) (Ancient Greek), ἀλληλοφαγία (allēlophagía) (Ancient Greek), մարդակերություն (mardakerutʿyun) (note: of humans) (Armenian), antropofaxa [feminine] (Asturian), canibalismu [masculine] (Asturian), antropofàgia [feminine] (Catalan), canibalisme [masculine] (Catalan), 同類相食 (Chinese Mandarin), 同类相食 (tónglèi xiāngshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 食人 (shírén) (note: of humans) (Chinese Mandarin), kanibalismus [masculine] (Czech), kannibalisme [common-gender] (Danish), kannibalisme [neuter] (Dutch), kanibalismo (Esperanto), samspecimanĝado (Esperanto), mannaát [neuter] (Faroese), kannibalismi (Finnish), cannibalisme [masculine] (French), antropofaxia [feminine] (Galician), canibalismo [masculine] (Galician), Kannibalismus [masculine] (German), κανιβαλισμός (kanivalismós) [masculine] (Greek), ανθρωποφαγία (anthropofagía) [feminine] (Greek), kanibalisme (Indonesian), cannibalismo [masculine] (Italian), カニバリズム (kanibarizumu) (Japanese), 共食い (tomogui) (Japanese), 人食い (hitokui) (note: of humans) (Japanese), адам жегіштік (adam jegıştık) (note: of humans) (Kazakh), kanibalisme (Malay), canniblaght [feminine] (Manx), kannibalisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kannibalisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), antropofagia [feminine] (Occitan), canibalisme [masculine] (Occitan), همنوعخواری (hamnow'-xâri) (Persian), آدمخواری (âdam-xâri) (note: of humans) (Persian), antropofagia [feminine] (Polish), ludożerstwo [literary, neuter] (Polish), kanibalizm [masculine] (Polish), antropofagia [feminine] (Portuguese), canibalismo [masculine] (Portuguese), canibalism [neuter] (Romanian), каннибали́зм (kannibalízm) [masculine] (Russian), людое́дство (ljudojédstvo) (note: of humans) [neuter] (Russian), канибалѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), људо̀жде̄рство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), kanibalìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ljudòždērstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ľudožrútstvo [neuter] (Slovak), ľudojedstvo [neuter] (Slovak), kanibalizmus [masculine] (Slovak), antropofagia [feminine] (Spanish), canibalismo [masculine] (Spanish), kannibalism [common-gender] (Swedish), స్వజాతి భక్షణ (svajāti bhakṣaṇa) (Telugu), నరమాంస భక్షణ (naramāṁsa bhakṣaṇa) (Telugu), yamyamlık (Turkish), канібалі́зм (kanibalízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), людоже́рство (ljudožérstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), людої́дство (ljudojídstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), ăn thịt đồng loại (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-cannibalism-en-noun-9yI6KRr5 Disambiguation of Diets: 51 32 18 Disambiguation of "act of eating another of one's own species": 87 8 5
  2. (figurative) An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind. Tags: figuratively, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-cannibalism-en-noun-ebBvmaY5
  3. (linguistics) In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt". Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-cannibalism-en-noun--5tXUkqn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 30 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 23 27 50 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: autocannibalism, endocannibalism, exocannibalism, hypercannibalism, sexual cannibalism Related terms: anticannibalism, cannibal, cannibalistic, galactic cannibalism, kuru, mad cow disease, prion, anthropophagy

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          "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "note": "of humans",
      "roman": "âdam-xâri",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
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      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "каннибали́зм"
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      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "svajāti bhakṣaṇa",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
      "word": "స్వజాతి భక్షణ"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "naramāṁsa bhakṣaṇa",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
      "word": "నరమాంస భక్షణ"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "yamyamlık"
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      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
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      "word": "людої́дство"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "act of eating another of one's own species",
      "word": "ăn thịt đồng loại"
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