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And from my character's point-of-view in Ravenous, he had been collected by Robert Carlyle's character, he had become infected by this ravenous, cannibalistic power, and he was making the best of it.
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Meaning of "cannibalistic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CANNIBALISTIC

cannibalistic  [ˌkænɪbəˈlɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANNIBALISTIC

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

WHAT DOES CANNIBALISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cannibalistic

Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. It is also called anthropophagy. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The expression "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to mean one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food, including sexual cannibalism. The Island Carib people of the Lesser Antilles, from whom the word cannibalism derives, acquired a long-standing reputation as cannibals following the recording of their legends in the 17th century. Some controversy exists over the accuracy of these legends and the prevalence of actual cannibalism in the culture. Cannibalism was widespread in the past among humans in many parts of the world, continuing into the 19th century in some isolated South Pacific cultures, and to the present day in parts of tropical Africa. In a few cases in insular Melanesia, indigenous flesh-markets existed. Fiji was once known as the 'Cannibal Isles'. Cannibalism has been well documented around the world, from Fiji to the Amazon Basin to the Congo to Māori New Zealand.

Definition of cannibalistic in the English dictionary

The definition of cannibalistic in the dictionary is prone to eating the flesh of one's own kind. Other definition of cannibalistic is involving or relating to the eating of flesh of one's own kind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CANNIBALISTIC


ballistic
bəˈlɪstɪk
evangelistic
ɪˌvændʒɪˈlɪstɪk
fatalistic
ˌfeɪtəˈlɪstɪk
holistic
həʊˈlɪstɪk
hyperrealistic
ˌhaɪpəˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk
idealistic
ˌaɪdɪəˈlɪstɪk
imperialistic
ɪmˌpɪərɪəˈlɪstɪk
individualistic
ˌɪndɪˌvɪdʒʊəˈlɪstɪk
journalistic
ˌdʒɜːnəˈlɪstɪk
kabbalistic
ˌkæbəˈlɪstɪk
materialistic
məˌtɪərɪəˈlɪstɪk
minimalistic
ˌmɪnɪməˈlɪstɪk
nationalistic
ˌnæʃənəˈlɪstɪk
naturalistic
ˌnætʃrəˈlɪstɪk
photojournalistic
ˌfəʊtəʊˌdʒɜːnəˈlɪstɪk
photorealistic
ˌfəʊtəʊˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk
probabilistic
ˌprɒbəbəˈlɪstɪk
realistic
ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk
stylistic
staɪˈlɪstɪk
unrealistic
ˌʌnrɪəˈlɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CANNIBALISTIC

canner
canneries
cannery
Cannes
cannibal
cannibalisation
cannibalise
cannibalism
cannibalistically
cannibalization
cannibalize
cannibally
cannier
canniest
cannikin
cannily
canniness
canning
Canning Basin
canning factory

WORDS THAT END LIKE CANNIBALISTIC

anachronistic
antagonistic
artistic
autistic
characteristic
deterministic
domestic
floristic
futuristic
heuristic
linguistic
logistic
mechanistic
opportunistic
optimistic
pessimistic
sadistic
simplistic
statistic
synergistic
touristic

Synonyms and antonyms of cannibalistic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cannibalistic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CANNIBALISTIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

吃人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caníbal
570 millions of speakers

English

cannibalistic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नरभक्षी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وحشي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

людоедский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

canibal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাক্ষুসে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cannibalistique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kanibalisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kannibalisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

人食いの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cannibalistic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ăn thịt người
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன்னின உண்ணியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नरभक्षणिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yamyam gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cannibale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kanibalami
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

людожерський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

canibal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καννιβαλική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kannibaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kannibalistiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kannibalistiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cannibalistic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CANNIBALISTIC»

The term «cannibalistic» is normally little used and occupies the 108.962 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CANNIBALISTIC» OVER TIME

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «CANNIBALISTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cannibalistic.
1
Megan Fox
People expected 'Jennifer's Body' to make so much money. But I was doubtful. The movie is about a man-eating, cannibalistic lesbian cheerleader, and that pretty much eliminates middle America. It's obviously a girl-power movie, but it's also about how scary girls are. Girls can be a nightmare.
2
Jeffrey Jones
And from my character's point-of-view in Ravenous, he had been collected by Robert Carlyle's character, he had become infected by this ravenous, cannibalistic power, and he was making the best of it.
3
Alice Paul
It occurred to me that I just didn't see how I could go ahead and continue to eat meat. It just seemed so... cannibalistic to me. And so, I'm a vegetarian, and I have been ever since.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANNIBALISTIC»

Discover the use of cannibalistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cannibalistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Turns of Translation Studies: New Paradigms Or Shifting ...
2.4 Deconstruction, or the “cannibalistic” approach In 1986, in São Paolo, a small book was published by Rosemary Arrojo with the title Oficina de tradução ( Translation workshop). With reference to Alexander Tytler's Essay on the Principles of ...
Mary Snell-Hornby, 2006
2
The Uncanny
What is enigmatic in his work is his desire, his consuming desire to formulate a theory of the development of the individual psyche on the same cannibalistic model. His appetite for this 'theoretical cannibalism' is quite voracious. We thus have ...
Nicholas Royle, 2003
3
The Ecology and Behavior of Amphibians
Similarly, individuals that feed on relatively large invertebrate prey grow faster than those that feed on smaller prey and are more likely to develop the cannibalistic morphology (Whiteman et al. 2003). Initial size differences among young larvae ...
Kentwood D. Wells, 2010
4
J. M. Coetzee in Context and Theory
In Elizabeth Costello, the title character mobilizes cannibalistic imagery in order to make her point against the meat factory. The lecture audience (both fictional and real) are demanded to imagine themselves being on the side of the eaten.
Elleke Boehmer, Robert Eaglestone, Katy Iddiols, 2011
5
Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic Development
of the shared resource. this period is dependent both on the visual acuity of the cannibal per se (d) but also on the size at hatching. the dwarf-and-giant cycles occurring at high cannibalistic voracities are also clearly related to fooddependent ...
André M. de Roos, Lennart Persson, 2013
6
Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set: Online version
Cannibalistic Polyphenism For several species representing a diversity of taxonomic groups, the benefits of cannibalism appear to exceed the costs as evidenced by the development of specialized cannibalistic morphologies in the population.
‎2008
7
Infanticide: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives
The term lifeboat strategy was used by Giese (1973) in describing cannibalistic morphotypes of Blepharisma protozoan ciliates. Individuals in a population of cannibals survived periods of food deprivation by eating others, whereas individuals ...
Glenn Hausfater, Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, 2008
8
Early Life History and Recruitment in Fish Populations
In some amphibians there are well-documented accounts of cannibalistic polyphenism, i.e. phenotypic differences in behaviour, morphology, growth rates or life history between cannibal and non-cannibal forms (Polis, 1981). In most cases the ...
R.C. Chambers, Edward A. Trippel, 1997
9
Advances in the Study of Behavior
sexually cannibalistic behavior of red-backs in the field, whose diet had or had not been experimentally augmented. The experiment failed to reveal a significant effect, although the body condition of noncannibalistic females was significantly ...
Peter J.B. Slater, Jay S. Rosenblatt, Charles T. Snowdon, 2005
10
Analysis of Evolutionary Processes: The Adaptive Dynamics ...
Such a discontinuous extinction event reverses the selection pressure on the dwarf population, which then begins to enhance its cannibalistic attitude. The chapter is organized as follows. In the next two sections we describe the demographic ...
Fabio Dercole, Sergio Rinaldi, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANNIBALISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cannibalistic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fear the Walking Dead showrunner promises 'psychological tension'
When Rick Grimes woke up from his coma on The Walking Dead, the zombie apocalypse was in full cannibalistic swing. Fear the Walking ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Hannibal in jeopardy after Amazon and Netflix say no
... focuses on the relationship between criminal profiler Will Graham (played by Hugh Dancy) and forensic psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
3
Showtime launches streaming
... streaming future for the media business, even though all the companies involved say they expect it to be additive, not cannibalistic in nature. «KSPR, Jul 15»
4
From Hypnos to Hamlet to Zombies, a Look at Our Obsession with …
The results — permanent insomnia and cannibalistic predation — aren't pretty. In an essay in Zombies, Vampires, And Philosophy: New Life ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Jack and His Beanstalk adds another date due to popular demand
This panto is a journey unlike any other you will see, from a cannibalistic giant beanstalks, zombies, an out-of-control dame, some raging ... «MaltaToday, Jul 15»
6
Amphibious invasion: Bullfrogs threaten native Northwest species
They're even cannibalistic of their own species,” he said. Last week, Lucid and other biologists teamed up to count and catch bullfrogs at the ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
7
Is the AFC North the Strongest Division in the NFL?
The other aspect that Breech doesn't really address is the cannibalistic nature of the division. These teams beat into each other throughout the ... «Cincy Jungle, Jul 15»
8
Barclays Upgrades Tripadvisor Inc (TRIP) Over Positive Views On …
It also said that investors have not completely realized the risk involved in Instant Booking, and considers it to be more cannibalistic than ... «Business Finance News, Jul 15»
9
'Hannibal' season 3 episode 6 spoilers: Margot and Alana team up …
As seen in last week's episode, Hannibal came close to being captured by Jack Crawford, who watched the elusive cannibalistic killer slip from ... «Ecumenical News, Jul 15»
10
Remake of Stephen King's Cujo given baffling new title
i thought it was Cannibalistic Underground Jujitsu Ostriches? but mainly Cujo has been a part of Assigned Sidekick Services for decades. «JoBlo.com, Jul 15»

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