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Cannibalism

The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.

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Anthropophagy 76% connected

The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

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Pattern 76% connected

Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

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Practice 76% connected

Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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Account noun · 78% connection

a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanat…

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consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "…

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evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professio…

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Context of use noun · 78% connection

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

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Criterion noun · 78% connection

the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

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Deduction noun · 78% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Deductive reasoning noun · 78% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Desegregate verb · 78% connection

open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated"

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Dimension verb · 78% connection

shape or form to required dimensions

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Empirical adjective · 78% connection

derived from experiment and observation rather than theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical d…

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Evaluate verb · 78% connection

evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professio…

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Evaluation noun · 78% connection

act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

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Exam noun · 78% connection

a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge; "when the test was stolen the professor had to make a new set of questi…

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Examine verb · 78% connection

consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "…

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Explicit adjective · 78% connection

precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes e…

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Human relationship noun · 78% connection

a relation between people; (‘relationship’ is often used where ‘relation’ would serve, as in ‘the relationship between inflation and u…

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Interpret verb · 78% connection

make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

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Interpretation noun · 78% connection

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Anthropomorphist noun · 78% connection

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

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Anthropomorphite noun · 78% connection

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of anci…

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Assassinate verb · 78% connection

To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.

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Barbarities pl. · 78% connection

of Barbarity

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Barbarousness noun · 78% connection

The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

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Bulimia noun · 78% connection

a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation

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Butchery noun · 78% connection

Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter.

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Cannibal noun · 78% connection

A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind.

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Carnassial adjective · 78% connection

Adapted to eating flesh.

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Carnivorous adjective · 78% connection

Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to p…

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Cruelty noun · 78% connection

The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.

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Empire noun · 78% connection

an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

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