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anthropophagite

anthropophagite

9.9
A person who eats other people
  • noun
  • /ˌænθrəˈpɒfəˌgaɪt/
  • Offensive
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  • The explorer wrote about an encounter with an anthropophagite during his journey through the jungle.

Examples

  • Legends of an anthropophagite lurking at the edge of the village have long frightened the children.

  • In the novel, the isolated tribe was rumored to harbor an anthropophagite among its members.

  • An anthropophagite lives in tales of horror.

  • The anthropophagite legend is fascinating!

  • In the novel, the isolated tribe was rumored to harbor an anthropophagite among its members.

  • Legends of an anthropophagite lurking at the edge of the village have long frightened the children.

  • The explorer wrote about an encounter with an anthropophagite during his journey through the jungle.

Synonyms

cannibal
vsanthropophagite
  • Offensive
66 7.9

A person who eats the meat of other people

is the same meaning and differs only as a variant term
man-eater
vsanthropophagite
  • NSFW
1 9.8

A person who eats other people

shares exact meaning and differs only in word formation
anthropophagus
vsanthropophagite
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who eats other people

has identical meaning and is merely another lexical form
creophagist
vsanthropophagite
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who eats human flesh

means specifically eating human flesh rather than flesh generally

Surface Forms

anthropophagite singular
anthropophagites plural

Morphology

anthropophagite = anthropophagy (opaque) = anthropo + phag + ite

The relation between the learned noun 'anthropophagy' and an agentive '-ite' (one who practices it) is regular and predictable.

Etymology

Anthropophagite comes from Greek words anthropo- 'human' and -phagite 'one who eats', and you see anthropo- in anthropology ('study of people'). So an anthropophagite is someone who 'eats humans', which is why it means 'a cannibal'.