non-anthropophagical
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/nɑn-ænθrəpəˈfægɪkəl/
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/nɒn-ænθrəpəˈfægɪkəl/
(anthropophagical)
relating to eating humans
Etymology
'non-anthropophagical' originates from English, specifically the negative prefix 'non-' attached to the adjective 'anthropophagical', where 'anthropophagical' ultimately derives from Greek roots 'anthropos' (person, human) and 'phagein' (to eat).
'anthropophagy' was borrowed into English via Latin and Medieval/Neo-Latin (compare Latin 'anthropophagia'), then formed into the adjective 'anthropophagical' in Modern English; later the productive English prefix 'non-' was attached to create 'non-anthropophagical'.
Initially the root referred specifically to 'the eating of humans' (anthropophagy); with the adjective and the prefix 'non-' the modern form came to mean 'not engaging in or characterized by human-eating'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Adjective 1
not anthropophagical; not given to anthropophagy — i.e., not practicing or characterized by cannibalism.
The isolated community was non-anthropophagical and rejected the practice of cannibalism.
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