Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The eating of part of one's own body.
Etymologies
- Greek: autos: self (Wiktionary)
Examples
“If you have not read the Congo Columns, autocannibalism occurs when flesh is cut from living victims and they are forced to eat it.”
The Huffington Post: Jay Blumenkopf: What's to Win in Afghanistan?
“One is "autocannibalism," coined in French but equally appropriate in English.”
“One is “autocannibalism,” coined in French but equally appropriate in English.”
“How does a TSA grope compare to autocannibalism or being re-raped?”
The Huffington Post: Jay Blumenkopf: What's to Win in Afghanistan?
“I could have happily lived my entire life without knowing about autocannibalism and re-rape.”
The Huffington Post: Jay Blumenkopf: What's to Win in Afghanistan?
“This is yet another case of the artistic bankruptcy of Hollywood and possibly one of the worst cases of autocannibalism that I've seen ...”
“As for whether it is possible to end the war itself, it helps to understand why Congolese civilians are subjected to autocannibalism and re-rape.”
“It has also created a whole new vocabulary to describe the other horrific abuses it has generated - such as 'autocannibalism,' which is when militiamen cut flesh from living victims and force the victims to eat it, or 're-rape,' which applies to women and girls who are raped anew every time militiamen visit their town.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘autocannibalism’.
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Seven-syllable English Words
A list of English words containing seven syllables, beginning, somewhat ironically, with inapplicability, since a fair number of these words one would never use.
I'm tagging all words ...inapplicability, unsatisfactorily, heterogeneity, disintermediation, antiglobalization, telecommunication, interdisciplinary, meteorological, socioeconomic, intelligibility, autobiographical, industrialization and 423 more...
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eaters (and eating)
carnivore, detritivore, saprophage, omnivore, herbivore, nectarivore, frugivore, oophagy, durophagy, feeding frenzy, trophallaxis, ruminate and 33 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
weltschmerz, perspicacity, idée fixe, invigilator, salubrious, tchotchke, ex nihilo, invidious, malapropism, naïve, sardonic, elide and 1401 more...
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Daydream Believer
Concepts that are just fun to think about. I could spend hours musing over this stuff, but I'm just weird that way.
time travel, butterfly effect, brain in a vat, solipsism, cryonics, rube goldberg, cloning, teleportation, antikythera mecha..., mind transfer, robot rights, quantum computing and 15 more...
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