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Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy.

One who east human flesh. [Ludicrous] Shak.

A cannibal. W. Taylor.

Feeding on human flesh; cannibal.

The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

Human nature. [R.] Gladstone.

The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [R.]

Knowledge of the nature of man; hence, human wisdom.

Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of human bodies.

One who is versed in anthropotomy, or human anatomy.

The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy. Owen.

See Antihypnotic.

See Antihypochondriac.

See Antihysteric.

A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.

One of party opposed to a federative government; -- applied particularly to the party which opposed the adoption of the constitution of the United States. Pickering.

Opposed to what is Gallic or French.

Opposition to imperialism; -- applied specif., in the United States, after the Spanish-American war (1898), to the attitude or principles of those opposing territorial expansion; in England, of those, often called Little Englanders, opposing the extension of the empire and the closer relation of its parts, esp. in matt…

Opposition to, or hatred of, Semites, esp. Jews. -- An`ti- Sem"ite (#), n. -- An`ti-Sem*it"ic (#), a.