cannibalistic
cannibalistic Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Relating to or characterized by the practice of eating the flesh of one's own species.
"Certain species of spiders and praying mantises are known for their cannibalistic mating behaviors."
Relentlessly destructive, cutthroat, or predatory toward others of the same group, organization, or kind ( especially in business or competition, where a new product reduces the sales of an existing product from the same company).
"The firm's aggressive pricing strategy proved cannibalistic, drawing customers away from its own flagship brand."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in English from 'cannibal' plus the suffix '-istic'. 'Cannibal' derives from 16th-century Spanish 'Caníbales', Christopher Columbus's rendering of the indigenous Arawakan name for the Carib people of the West Indies.