autosarcophagy

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ sarcophagy

Noun

autosarcophagy (uncountable)

1. The eating of one's own flesh.

Synonyms

1. Synonym of autocannibalism

Related terms

• autophagy
• cannibal
• cannibalism
• ouroboros

1. • 2015, Charles William Johns, Incompatible Ballerina and Other Essays:

     The concept's autosarcophagy, its autoassimilation, is ultimately the birth of the subject – the suffering idea brings forth the subject (this is at least how I come to comprehend parts of the Lost and the Lonely).