🦴 Like a cannibal ⚔️ Harming own group 💸 Taking own sales

cannibalistically

9.9

In a way that harms people in the same group and makes the group weaker

adverb
/ˌkænɪbəˈlɪstɪkli/

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: caníbalmente

If a group acts cannibalistically, it may end up destroying itself from within.

Examples

During the heated debate, team members argued cannibalistically rather than presenting a united front.
Don't act cannibalistically!
The two companies competed cannibalistically, weakening their own market share instead of growing it.
The team is cannibalistically competing.
If a group acts cannibalistically, it may end up destroying itself from within.
During the heated debate, team members argued cannibalistically rather than presenting a united front.
The two companies competed cannibalistically, weakening their own market share instead of growing it.

How Harmful

cannibalistically

NSFW

9.9

destructively

3 4.2

harmfully

1 4.3

harmlessly

8 2.3

Surface Forms

cannibalistically positive

Morphology

cannibalistically = cannibalistic (transparent) = cannibal + istic + ally

The adverb is a straightforward derivation from the adjective 'cannibalistic' using the common adverbial suffix '-ally'.

Etymology

Cannibalistically comes from cannibal, and a strong image is 'eating your own'. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of someone who attacks members of their own group, so acting cannibalistically means harming your own people and risking the group's survival.