human cannibalism

practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings
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human cannibalism
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Summary

human cannibalism ranks in the top 0.068% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,016 views/month, #53 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: cannibalism[2], crime[3]
  • Commons category: Human cannibalism[4]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7]
  • Different from: cannibalism[8], human food[9]
  • Has list: list of incidents of cannibalism[10]
  • Practiced by: cannibal[11]

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Influence

Things named for human cannibalism include Antropophagia[12], an art movement[13], in Brazil[14], founded in 1920[15].

Why It Matters

human cannibalism has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for it include Antropophagia[12], an art movement[13], in Brazil[14], founded in 1920[15].

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Subclass of → cannibalism, crime
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
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