human sacrifice
English
noun
Definitions
- the killing of one or more human beings as part of religious ritual
Etymology
Compound from English human + English sacrifice.
Origin
English
sacrifice
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abhuman English
- antihuman English
- demihuman English
- extrahuman English
- half-human English
- human English
- humanation English
- humanburger English
- humancentric English
- humanesque English
- humanhood English
- humanicide English
- humanics English
- humaniform English
- humanify English
- humanisation English
- humanish English
- humanism English
- humanization English
- humanize English
- humankind English
- humanless English
- humanlike English
- humanly English
- humanmade English
- humanness English
- humanoid English
- humanosphere English
- humanphobe English
- humansexual English
- humanwise English
- infrahuman English
- inhuman English
- interhuman English
- intrahuman English
- metahuman English
- nonhuman English
- paleohuman English
- panhuman English
- parahuman English
- posthuman English
- prehuman English
- preterhuman English
- protohuman English
- pseudosacrifice English
- sacrificable English
- sacrifice English
- sacrificeable English
- sacrificeless English
- sacrificer English
- sacrificest English
- sacrificeth English
- self-sacrifice English
- semi-human English
- semihuman English
- subhuman English
- superhuman English
- suprahuman English
- transhuman English
- ultrahuman English
- unhuman English
- werehuman English
- homme French
- humayne Middle English
- sacrifice Old French
- homo Esperanto
- sakrifais Tok Pisin
- human
- abhuman
- unhuman
- humanly
- inhuman
- subhuman
- panhuman
- humanify
- humanoid
- humanism
- humanics
- nonhuman
- prehuman
- humanize
- humanish
- humanmade
- werehuman
- humanless
- sacrifice
- humankind
- antihuman
- humanness
- humanlike
- posthuman
- humanhood
- metahuman
- demihuman
- semihuman
- humanwise
- parahuman
- sacrificer
- half-human
- superhuman
- protohuman
- semi-human
- humanicide
- suprahuman
- intrahuman
- humaniform
- infrahuman
- ultrahuman
- humanesque
- paleohuman
- transhuman
- humanation
- interhuman
- extrahuman
- humanphobe
- sacrificeth
- humanburger
- sacrificest
- humansexual
- preterhuman
- humancentric
- humanization
- humanosphere
- humanisation
- sacrificable
- sacrificeable
- sacrificeless
- self-sacrifice
- pseudosacrifice