cannibalization

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of cannibalizing. the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food adapting, borrowing or stealing plots, characters, themes or ideas from one story for use in another or from one medium to another a reduction in sales volume, sales revenue, or market share of one product when the same company introduces a new product the practice of removing parts or subsystems necessary for repair from another similar device
2. noun the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food
3. noun adapting, borrowing or stealing plots, characters, themes or ideas from one story for use in another or from one medium to another
4. noun a reduction in sales volume, sales revenue, or market share of one product when the same company introduces a new product
5. noun the practice of removing parts or subsystems necessary for repair from another similar device

Similar words

cannibalisation zombification cooptation galactic cannibalism cyborging repurposing mongrelization supplantation recommodification co-optation

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Word family

cannibalizations cannibalize cannibalized cannibalizes cannibalizing