cannibals
They consume kin
Cannibals are people who eat human flesh.
The term extends to animals that consume their own species.
Cannibalism appears in survival narratives, anthropological accounts, and horror fiction.
Figuratively, a company that cannibalizes itself takes sales from its own products: The new model cannibalized their bestseller.
Social group sharing ancestry
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- kuruPrion disease from cannibalism
endocannibalism · mortuary · ancestor · Papua · ceremony · Aztec · sacrifice · cultural
Carthaginian military commander
- fleshSoft body matter
- devourEat greedily and fast
- slasherKnife-wielding horror villain
- Texas ChainsawSlasher film franchise name
massacre · serial killer · gruesome · psychopath · victim · monster · gore · terror
Ill-fated 1846 wagon train
- AndesSouth American western range
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- desperationUtter loss of hope
- crashSudden violent impact
stranded · necessity · extremity · rescue · expedition · famine · shipwreck · isolation
tribe
Social group sharing ancestry
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- indigenousOriginating in a region
kuru · endocannibalism · mortuary · ancestor · Papua · ceremony · Aztec · sacrifice · cultural · survival
Hannibal
Carthaginian military commander
Texas Chainsaw · massacre · serial killer · gruesome · psychopath · victim · monster · gore · terror · predator
Donner Party
Ill-fated 1846 wagon train
- AndesSouth American western range
- starvationExtreme nutritional deprivation
- desperationUtter loss of hope
crash · stranded · necessity · extremity · rescue · expedition · famine · shipwreck · isolation · frozen
infanticide
Killing of newborns
spider · mantis · fish · hamster · guppy · crowding · stress · nutrients · eggs · brood
Caliban
Monstrous enslaved being
Friday · savage · primitive · Melville · colonialism · otherness · metaphor · allegory · Robinson · imperial
- Robinson CrusoeFriday, Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, desert island, shipwreck
cannibalshumanitarians
Those who promote welfare
lifesavers · rescuers · philanthropists · human rights advocates · nurturers
cannibalsvegetarians
Those abstaining from flesh
vegans · herbivores · plant-eaters · fruitarians · frugivores
- sexual cannibalismDevouring a partner after mating