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Meaning of tecnophagy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The eating of one's own children.

uncountable

Examples

“[…] tecnophagy is, in terms of mythical precedent, masculine behaviour: Cronos devours his children; Thyestes and Tereus eat their sons, albeit unknowingly. I have not been able to find any instances of mothers eating their children […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Teco Tecoantepeque Tecoluca Tecoma tecomaquinone tecomin