anthropophagy

[ an-thruh-pof-uh-jee ]

/ ˌæn θrəˈpɒf ə dʒi /

the eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

Origin of anthropophagy

From the Greek word anthrōpophagía, dating back to 1630–40. See anthropo-, -phagy

an·thro·po·phag·ic

[an-thruh-puh-faj-ik, -fey-jik] /ˌæn θrə pəˈfædʒ ɪk, -ˈfeɪ dʒɪk/, an·thro·po·phag·i·cal, an·thro·poph·a·gous

[an-thruh-pof-uh-guh s] /ˌæn θrəˈpɒf ə gəs/, adjective an·thro·poph·a·gous·ly, adverb

On the other hand, Central Africa appears to be the chief seat of anthropophagy.

The Races of Man |Joseph Deniker
Anthropophagy springs from different causes, and clothes itself in various forms.

The Desert World |Arthur Mangin
To eat a creature which had become the peer of man in blood-guiltiness and in judicial punishment, would savour of anthropophagy.

The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals |Edmund P. Evans
It is difficult to determine what religious ideas were connected with the almost universal practice of anthropophagy.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 3 |Hubert Howe Bancroft

These ideas, therefore, also probably represent the origin of anthropophagy.

Elements of Folk Psychology |Wilhelm Wundt