Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
anthropophagic. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
anthropophagic, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
anthropophagic in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
anthropophagic you have here. The definition of the word
anthropophagic will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
anthropophagic, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From anthropo- + -phagic.
Adjective
anthropophagic (comparative more anthropophagic, superlative most anthropophagic)
- Cannibalistic; man-eating.
2007 September 30, Devendra Banhart, “From Uruguay’s Dylan to R. Kelly’s ‘Sex Planet’”, in New York Times:They embody the anthropophagic attitude of tropicalismo: constantly changing and taking from the cosmos, yet always remaining rooted in themselves.
2015, Will Self, ‘Man-Eating Philosophers’, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12:Consumed, with its narrative cat’s cradle tightly woven around putatively anthropophagic husband-and-wife French philosophers, wouldn’t be easy to pitch to Hollywood execs.
Translations