noun🔗ShareCannibalismeThe act of eating another of one's own species."The tribe's practice of cannibalism horrified the explorers. "La pratique du cannibalisme par la tribu a horrifié les explorateurs.biologyanimalhumanfoodactioninhumanbodyculturereligionritualChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCannibalismeAn act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind."The company's aggressive expansion tactics were seen by some as a form of cannibalism, as they were eating up the market share of its own smaller branches. "Les tactiques d'expansion agressives de l'entreprise ont été perçues par certains comme une forme de cannibalisme, car elles grignotaient la part de marché de ses propres succursales plus petites.inhumanactionbiologyorganismanimalhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉlision de mots, fusion de motsIn speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same. For example, "Look, an MIT shirt" for "Look, an MIT T-shirt".""Look, an MIT shirt" is an example of cannibalism in speech. "« Regarde, un t-shirt MIT » est un exemple d'élision de mots dans le discours.linguisticswordphoneticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading