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Meaning of cannibalism

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cannibalism

noun

Definitions

  1. The act of eating another of one's own species.

  2. An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.

  3. In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".