cannibalism:

1. In anthropology, the eating of human flesh by human beings, sometimes ceremoniously as a symbol of power, manliness , energy, or aggressiveness as when eating the sexual-organs , heart or brain of enemies.

2. In sexology , a rare disorder in which a person feels a compulsive urge to eat human flesh . Synonym: anthropophagy .

See Also: anthropophagolagnia, anthropophagy, autophagy

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