- zoanthropy
- The delusion that one is an animal
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
zoanthropy
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Zoanthropy — o*an thro*py, n. [Gr. ? animal + ? man.] (Med.) A kind of monomania in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
zoanthropy — (n.) form of mania in which a man imagines himself to be another type of beast, 1856, from Mod.L. zoanthropia, from Gk. zoion animal (see ZOO (Cf. zoo)) + anthropos man (see ANTHROPO (Cf. anthropo )) … Etymology dictionary
zoanthropy — [zō an′thrə pē] n. [ModL zoanthropia: see ZOO & ANTHROPO & Y3] a mental disorder in which a person imagines that he or she is a beast: cf. LYCANTHROPY (sense 1) … English World dictionary
zoanthropy — /zoh an threuh pee/, n. Psychiatry. a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal. [1855 60; ZO + anthropy < NL anthropia < Gk; see ANTHROPO , Y3] * * * … Universalium
zoanthropy — noun A kind of delusion in which the patient believes himself transformed into one of the lower animals … Wiktionary
zoanthropy — A delusion that one is an animal, such as a dog. [G. zoon, animal, + anthropos, man] * * * zo·an·thro·py (zo anґthro pe) [zo + Gr. anthrōpos man] the delusion that one has become an animal. zoanthropic adj … Medical dictionary
zoanthropy — see clinical lycanthropy … Dictionary of Hallucinations
zoanthropy — n. mental disorder which causes the patient to think that he/she is an animal; any transformation of a human into another animal form … English contemporary dictionary
zoanthropy — zo·an·thro·py … English syllables
zoanthropy — zo•an•thro•py [[t]zoʊˈæn θrə pi[/t]] n. psi a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal • Etymology: 1855–60; zo + anthropy < NL anthrōpia < Gk; see anthropo , y III … From formal English to slang
