1. relating to or practicing cannibalism; eating human flesh
Usage: formal or literary; often used in historical or anthropological contexts

Examples

• The anthropophagous practices described in early colonial accounts were often exaggerated.
• Anthropophagous rituals were documented in some isolated societies by 19th-century ethnographers.
• The novel depicted an anthropophagous tribe living deep in the jungle.
• Scholars debate whether anthropophagous behavior was as widespread as historical records suggest.
• The anthropophagous customs of certain cultures were misunderstood by Western explorers.