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cannibalism

🇬🇧 UK/'kænibәlizm/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

The practice of eating the flesh of one's own species; the act of one thing consuming another of the same kind.

同类相食；食人行为

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
cannibalstem
+
ismdoctrine, belief, practice
=cannibalism

Common Collocations

  • 1.ritualistic cannibalism仪式食人
  • 2.evidence of cannibalism食人证据

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Cannibalism was practiced in some cultures for ritualistic purposes.

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