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Meaning of "anthropophagous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ANTHROPOPHAGOUS

anthropophagous  [ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ANTHROPOPHAGOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Anthropophagous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ANTHROPOPHAGOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of anthropophagous in the English dictionary

The definition of anthropophagous in the dictionary is a rare word for cannibalistic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ANTHROPOPHAGOUS


anthropophagus
ˌænθrəˈpɒfəɡəs
carpophagous
kɑːˈpɒfəɡəs
coprophagous
kɒˈprɒfəɡəs
creophagous
krɪˈɒfəɡəs
entomophagous
ˌɛntəˈmɒfəɡəs
esophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
hematophagous
ˌhiːməˈtɒfəɡəs
hippophagous
hɪˈpɒfəɡəs
hylophagous
haɪˈlɒfəɡəs
lithophagous
lɪˈθɒfəɡəs
necrophagous
nəˈkrɒfəɡəs
oesophagus
iːˈsɒfəɡəs
omophagous
əʊˈmɒfəɡəs
ophiophagous
ˌɒfɪˈɒfəɡəs
pantophagous
pænˈtɒfəɡəs
phytophagous
faɪˈtɒfəɡəs
saprophagous
sæˈprɒfəɡəs
sarcophagus
sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs
scatophagous
skəˈtɒfəɡəs
theophagous
θɪˈɒfəɡəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ANTHROPOPHAGOUS

anthropomorphize
anthropomorphosis
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphously
anthropopathic
anthropopathism
anthropopathy
anthropophagi
anthropophagic
anthropophagite
anthropophagus
anthropophagy
anthropophobia
anthropophobic
anthropophuism
anthropophyte
anthropopsychic
anthroposophic
anthroposophical
anthroposophist

WORDS THAT END LIKE ANTHROPOPHAGOUS

analogous
autophagous
bacteriophagous
endophagous
exophagous
geophagous
haematophagous
ichthyophagous
mallophagous
meliphagous
melliphagous
microphagous
monophagous
mycophagous
myrmecophagous
oligophagous
ostreophagous
polyphagous
toxicophagous
xiphopagous
zoophagous

Synonyms and antonyms of anthropophagous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «anthropophagous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ANTHROPOPHAGOUS

Find out the translation of anthropophagous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of anthropophagous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «anthropophagous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

anthropophagous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

antropófago
570 millions of speakers

English

anthropophagous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

anthropophagous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

anthropophagous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

anthropophagous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antropofágico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মনুষ্যখাদক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anthropophage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Antropophagous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anthropophagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

anthropophagous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

anthropophagous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Anthropophagous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

anthropophagous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

anthropophagous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानववंशग्रंथी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

insan yiyen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antropofago
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

anthropophagous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

anthropophagous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

anthropophagous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

anthropophagous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

anthropophagous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anthropophagous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

anthropophagous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of anthropophagous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTHROPOPHAGOUS»

The term «anthropophagous» is normally little used and occupies the 142.836 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ANTHROPOPHAGOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «anthropophagous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «anthropophagous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about anthropophagous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTHROPOPHAGOUS»

Discover the use of anthropophagous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to anthropophagous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Anthropophagous Actors: A Polyphonic Acting Rehearsal Practice
"Inspired by the concept of Antropofagia (cannibalism) introduced by the Brazilian writer, Oswald de Andrade, and based on the fact that actors frequently have to make use of different acting techniques in the same play, this research ...
Alvaro Levis de Bittencourt, 2010
2
The Non-Totemic Or Pre-Totemic and Non-Anthropophagous People
THIS 70 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Origin and Evolution of the Human Race, by Albert Churchward. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1564594270.
Albert Churchward, 2010
3
Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies
It's not especially gory, but American Nightmare is still a mildly diverting — and generally unknown — slasher. Anthropophagous ( 1980) aka Anthropof agu, The Anthropophagous Beast, Anthropophagous the Beast, Gomia, Terror en el Mar ...
Jim Harper, 2004
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Novas: Selected Writings
The essay traces de Campos's development from his early espousal of structuralism, Russian formalism, and concrete poetry's utopia to his arrival at an “anthropophagous reason,” a poststructuralist approach informed by Jacques Derrida's ...
Haroldo de Campos, Antonio Sergio Bessa, Odile Cisneros, 2007
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The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama
... its syntax is fragmented, its narrative often telegraphic, marked by parody, derision, and sarcasm. Anthropophagous Manifesto further radicalizes the ideas of Brazil-Wood Poetry and proposes cannibalism as a way of reversing colonization.
Gabrielle H. Cody, Evert Sprinchorn, 2007
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Cannibalizing the Colony: Cinematic Adaptations of Colonial ...
The Unwieldy Dynamics of Anthropophagous Adaptations The final scene of Eduardo Rossoff's Ave María uncovers a risk inherent in anthropophagous adaptations. This case, like several others covered in this book, involves the cinematic ...
Richard Allen Gordon, 2009
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A Violent Evangelism: The Political and Religious Conquest ...
hypothesis characterizing them above all as anthropophagous. Sued Badillo ( 1978, 33-66) in his iconoclastic work demolishes the precarious evidence regarding the supposed Caribbean anthropophagy, which in his opinion has not "an iota ...
Luis N. Rivera, Luis Rivera Pagán, 1992
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Before Orientalism: Asian Peoples and Cultures in European ...
The maneaters of the Sumatran kingdom of Ferlec are also mountain-dwellers whom the traveler has not met, unlike the non-anthropophagous Islamic converts dwelling on the coast. The people of Dagroian are doubly anthropophagous, ...
Kim M. Phillips, 2013
9
Montaigne and the Ethics of Skepticism
In the above episode, Panurge's depiction of the captors' bestial or anthropophagous desire for his body is therefore an effective means of demonizing, disfiguring, and othering the Turk (turning him into a monstrous alterity), a textual move ...
Zahi Anbra Zalloua, 2005
10
An Intellectual History of Cannibalism
He accepts that all nations have formerly made human sacrifices, but it is no longer possible to prove that all nations have been anthropophagous, because this barbaric state occurred before recorded history. Pluche is of the opinion that the ...
Cătălin Avramescu, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTHROPOPHAGOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term anthropophagous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Night of the Living Dead and its 28 Follow-Ups
Both of his 'Zombi' films, under the original titles of Anthropophagous: The Beast for Zombie 7 and Absurd for Zombie 6, were banned in the UK ... «Den of Geek!, Apr 15»
2
Gut-munching video nasty ANTHROPOPHAGOUS gnawing its way …
Perhaps the most notorious 'video nasty' of all time, ANTHROPOPHAGOUS is back to deprave and corrupt a fresh wave of horror film viewers! «Brutal As Hell, Mar 15»
3
The Sociopath as Hero
What is profoundly disturbing culturally but should not be surprising is that, unlike goofy trash about chainsaw maniacs, anthropophagous ... «CounterPunch, Feb 15»
4
In defence of horror
These are scenes from the notorious, banned 'video nasty' films Eaten Alive, Zombie Flesh Eaters, I Spit on Your Grave, Anthropophagous: The ... «OUPblog, Oct 14»
5
Remember me on this computer
From the saloon bar the rattle of dice on a wooden tabletop,beside you a couple at the anthropophagous stage,a chestnut bough on the piano ... «The New Republic, Apr 14»
6
'I got myself a Union Jack T-shirt and socks, because they were de …
... the farmer who shot our neighbour's dog; Anna, the slavering anthropophagous great Dane from No 12; Patrick Welch, who made me eat a ... «The Times, Apr 13»
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The Film Junkies - Top 10 Spaghetti Westerns (English subtitles)
The Film Junkies - Top 10 Spaghetti Westerns (English subtitles). Anthropophagous. SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe 162 ... «YouTube, Jan 13»
8
Film4 FrightFest 2012: Post Mortem #2
Declan O'Brien's Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings shifts its anthropophagous antics from the franchise's clichéd 'cabin in the woods' to the ... «movieScope, Sep 12»
9
With Every Step, Seemingly, a Story
“Gobbledygook” is inspired by “the curiously anthropophagous ramaga or 'blue bloods' of Madagascar, the gaki or 'hungry ghost' of Buddhist ... «New York Times, Jun 10»
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The Book Of Hard Words: Read It, See It, Know It, Use It
Examples: 1) bloviate; 2) nidi-fugous; 3) anthropophagous. This book is premised on the fact that readers might want to upgrade their ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 08»

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« EDUCALINGO. Anthropophagous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/anthropophagous>. May 2024 ».
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