What's the difference between anthropophagous and anthropophagy?

Anthropophagous


Definition:

  • (a.) Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

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Anthropophagy


Definition:

  • (n.) The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The parallels in ethnological studies show that anthropophagy occurs only in farming societies, as religious rites; up to now, there is no evidence for this type of rites among the hunting and collecting groups.
  • (2) This anthropophagy was maintained during laboratory colonization.
  • (3) Results indicated the predominantly zoophagic nature of species A and B with a relatively higher degree of anthropophagy for species A.

Words possibly related to "anthropophagous"

Words possibly related to "anthropophagy"