cannibalism

1. (uncountable, usually)The act of eating another of one's own species.

   Kannibalismus

   каннибали́змkannibalízm, людое́дствоljudojédstvo

   канібалі́змkanibalízm, людоже́рствоljudožérstvo, людої́дствоljudojídstvo

   the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind

2. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.

3. (uncountable, usually)In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same.

1. There were even isolated reports of cannibalism.

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2. Eating animals is not that different from anthropophagy or cannibalism.

   deTiere zu essen ist nicht weit von Anthropophagie und Kannibalismus entfernt. — Esperantostern

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3. Sami indulged into cannibalism.

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4. First the immigrants, then you. Our solidarity - the answer to social cannibalism.

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5. First the immigrants, next you. Our solidarity - the answer to social cannibalism.

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