Anthropophagist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Anthropophagist is a noun meaning (Brazilian culture) 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.
Meaning
(Brazilian culture) 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.
More Meanings
- (rare) A cannibal.
Example Sentences
The notorious anthropophagist, Blaize Ferrage, called Seyé, seemed to have served the Marquis as a model.
The Atákapa of old were a well-made race of excellent hunters, but had, as their name indicates, the reputation of being anthropophagists (Cha'hta: hátak, hattak person, ápa to eat).
Reversing the cultural cannibalism practiced by the colonisers, the anthropophagists, as de Andrade envisages them, adapt the strengths of European culture and 'incorporate [..] them into the native self'.
The want of food became so urgent, that flesh was torn from dead human bodies; children were strangled by their parents, for the purpose of feasting on their flesh; and bands of express anthropophagists traversed the whole country.
Word Forms
- anthropophagists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include anthropophaginian, kreophagist, endocannibal, exocannibal, creophagist, omophagist.
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