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CANNIBALISTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cannibalistic mean?
• CANNIBALISTIC (adjective)
The adjective CANNIBALISTIC has 1 sense:
1. characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism
Familiarity information: CANNIBALISTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characteristic of cannibals or exhibiting cannibalism
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
cannibalistic behavior
Pertainym:
cannibal (a person who eats human flesh)
cannibalism (the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind)
Derivation:
cannibal (a person who eats human flesh)
cannibalism (the practice of eating the flesh of your own kind)
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