The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anthropophagy \An`thro*poph"a*gy\, n. [Gr. ?.] The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"cannibalism," 1630s, from French anthropophagie, from Greek anthropophagia "an eating of men," from anthropophagos "man-eating; a man-eater," from anthropo- + stem of phagein "to eat" (see -phagous). Related: Anthropophagic; anthropophagism.
Wiktionary
n. The eat#Verb of human flesh; cannibalism.
Wikipedia
Anthropophagy is the custom and practice of eating human flesh. It may refer to:
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Cannibalism, when one human consumes the flesh of another
- Anthropophagi (singular anthropophage), a mythical race of cannibals first described by Herodotus
- Self-cannibalism, the act of eating one's own flesh
- Man-eating, the consumption of human flesh by non-human predators (" man-eaters")
- Human hematophagy, the consumption of human blood by other animals
- Antropophagus, Italian horror-film 1980
Usage examples of "anthropophagy".
We’ve speculated that stories and legends about witches, werewolves, and vampires (blood-drinking, or anthropophagy, is a notuncommon trait of the disorganized offender) may have been a way of explaining outrages so hideous that no one in the small and close-knit towns of Europe and early America could comprehend such perversities.