cannibalisme
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From cannibal + -isme, from Spanish caníbal.
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Noun[edit]
cannibalisme m (usually uncountable, plural cannibalismes)
- (literally) the practice of cannibalism, eating another of one's own species
- Synonym: anthropophagie
- (figuratively) extreme ferocity, ruthlessness
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Further reading[edit]
- “cannibalisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.