English Explanatory Dictionary

anthropophagist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A cannibal.
A follower or representative of the Manifesto Antropófago of Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet; one who advocates a "cannibalistic" attitude towards the appropriation of European culture.

Word forms

anthropophagist anthropophagists

Etymology

From anthropophagy + -ist.

Related words

anthropophagistic anthropophagous anthropophagy

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