anthropophagist noun2 •(rare) A cannibal.The Atákapa of old were a well-made race of excellent hunters, but had, as their name indicates, the reputation of being anthropophagists (Cha'hta: hátak, hattak person, ápa to eat). — 1884 •A follower or representative of the Manifesto Antropófago of Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet; one who advocates a "cannibalistic" attitude towards the appropriation of European culture. formsanthropophagists