# cannibalism

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkanɪbəlɪz(ə)m/ · frequency rank #28,477

## Definitions
1. The act of eating another of one's own species.
2. An act in which one thing consumes or takes over another of the same kind.
3. In speech, the occurrence of one word eliding part or all of the next word, because the syllables are the same.

## Etymology
From cannibal + -ism.

## Common misspellings (15)
`acnnibalism`, `canibalism`, `caninbalism`, `cannbialism`, `canniablism`, `cannibailsm`, `cannibalims`, `cannibalismm`, `cannibalissm`, `canniballism`, `cannibalsim`, `cannibbalism`, `canniblaism`, `ccannibalism`, `cnanibalism`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cannibalism