cannibalisme

kanibalism

Definition

Definition of cannibalisme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

anthropophagiefait de manger la chair d'individus de sa propre espèce

Le cannibalisme existe chez certaines espèces animales en période de famine.

anthropophagie

brutalitécruauté extrême comparable à celle des cannibales

Ce massacre témoigne d'un cannibalisme moral révoltant.

inhumanité

élevage

TECH.

comportement anormal d'animaux qui s'attaquent à leurs congénères

TECH.

Le cannibalisme chez les porcelets peut être causé par le stress.

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Origin of cannibalisme

caribéen, cannibale (mangeur d'hommes)

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anthropophage

adj.

cannibalisme

qui mange de la chair humaine

anthropophagie

cannibalisme

action de manger de la chair humaine

anthropophagique

adj.

cannibalisme

qui se rapporte à la pratique de manger de la chair humaine

cannibalesque

adj.

anthropophagie

relatif au cannibalisme ou qui évoque cette pratique

kuru

médical

maladie du cerveau causée par des prions, transmise par cannibalisme

endocannibalisme

groupe social

cannibalisme pratiqué envers un membre de son propre groupe social

Examples of cannibalisme in a sentence

Chez certains poissons, le cannibalisme assure la survie des plus forts.
Son comportement envers les prisonniers relevait du cannibalisme.
L'histoire regorge d'exemples de cannibalisme dans les guerres.
Le cannibalisme apparaît parfois chez les volailles.
Des mesures sont prises pour limiter le cannibalisme en élevage.

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English:cannibalism, savagery, ...
German:Kannibalismus, kannibalische Grausamkeit, ...
Italian:cannibalismo, ...
Spanish:canibalismo, crueldad caníbal, ...
Portuguese:canibalismo, crueldade canibalesca, ...
Chinese:同类相食, 兽性, ...
Japanese:カニバリズム, 人食い的残虐性, ...
Arabic:الكانيبالية, وحشية آكلي لحوم البشر, ...
Hebrew:קַנִּיבָּלִיזְם, אֲכִזָּרוּת קַנִּיבָּלִית, ...
Russian:каннибализм, чудовищная жестокость, ...
Ukrainian:канібалізм, звіряча жорстокість, ...
Catalan:canibalisme, ...
Danish:kannibalisme, ...
Dutch:kannibalisme, mensenvlees eten, ...
Greek:ανθρωποφαγία, βαρβαρότητα, ...
Hungarian:kannibalizmus, erkölcsi kannibalizmus, ...
Khmer:ការស៊ីសាច់គ្នាឯង, ភាពសាហាវឃោរឃៅដ៏គួរឱ្យខ្ពើមរអើម, ...
Korean:식인, 식인적 잔혹성, ...
Polish:kanibalizm, kanibalizm moralny, ...
Portuguese (BR):canibalismo, canibalismo moral, ...
Romanian:canibalism, cruzime canibalică, ...
Swedish:kannibalism, barbari, ...
Thai:การกินเนื้อคน, ความโหดร้ายแบบกินเนื้อคน, ...
Turkish:yamyamlık, aşırı vahşet, ...
Vietnamese:cannibalism, sự tàn bạo kiểu ăn thịt người, ...

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Definition of cannibalisme - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Origin of cannibalisme

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