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zoanthropy

[ zoh-an-thruh-pee ]

noun

Psychiatry.
  1. a mental disorder in which one believes oneself to be an animal.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of zoanthropy1

1855–60; zo- + -anthropy < New Latin -²¹²Ô³Ù³ó°ùű辱²¹ < Greek; anthropo-, -y 3
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Example Sentences

“Clinical zoanthropy, or the conviction of having turned into an animal, is a rare delusionâ€, they write.

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The early days of Christianity are naturally full of incidents of this kind, but what is remarkable, zoanthropy was then already treated as a mere delusion.

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Symptoms of zoanthropy typically range from one hour to several decades.

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For this is one of the specially fearful magic phenomena of zoanthropy that it is apt to produce in healthy persons the same delusion as in the sufferer.

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